Coding Our Transcriptions: From Raw Data to Finding Meaning

by Annick Lamar ’22 Project SPARC is in its fourth week of leading interviews and most of our participatory action research crew is spread over many Zoom rooms leading these interviews. Those in the Zoom rooms are focused on collecting stories and experiences from program alumni to help us better understand how out-of-school programs support […]

“Are we ready?” Notes from a first interview

by Annick Lamar ’22 “Are we ready?” I asked my fellow researchers and I’m buoyed by the strong affirmative yeses I receive. Our tech lead lets our interviewee into the Zoom room and we are away. It’s mid-February and my Project SPRAC research pod is interviewing its first interview subject, a young adult just recently […]

The Promise of Educational Equity in Springfield

written by: Sheena Nomura, Research Specialist on Project SPARC Massachusetts is often cited as “number one” in education; however, the state has a long history of education inequality–particularly for students of color in Springfield. Even after Brown v. Board of Education, structural racism contributed to housing segregation and thereby school segregation, since children typically attend […]

Press Release: Project SPARC

Read press release here, or down below.   Sam Intrator, Elizabeth A. Woodson ’22 Professor of Education and Child Study, and Denys Candy, director of the Jandon Center for Community Engagement, have been awarded a $99,357 grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service for “Transfer and Transition: The Challenge of Sustaining Impact Beyond Community-Based […]

WHAT IS Project SPARC?

Read more here, or down below.   College receives a $99,357 grant for community-based youth programs BY AMANDA JIANG ON NOVEMBER 15, 2018 Last updated on August 24, 2019 The Jandon Center for Community Engagement has received federal grant funding to support the College to collaborate with community members, local organizations and schools in Springfield, […]

Lightning Round Interviews

This is a photo of one of our lightning round interview sessions at the Pool House in Springfield. In this process, we tag-team one interview using our Interviewing Soft Skills and Hard Skills that we’ve been practicing all semester. As a team, we invite a group of people to participate in an hour long interview […]