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News and Events

WBUR Special on High School Graduation

This hour-long audio segment, Getting to Graduation, aired on June 6 on WBUR's Radio Boston program with host David Boeri. The piece profiles a valedictorian and a recovered dropout, as well as comments from Superintendent Carol Johnson, Dr. Margaret Bledsoe, Charlestown High School headmaster, and Marvin Moore, PIC dropout outreach and recovery specialist. Listen to the clip on the WBUR web site.

PIC on WCVB Channel 5

This clip features the work of PIC career specialist Shawn Brown and three students he placed at Alleyne Property Management. The coverage is from Governor Deval Patrick’s May 13 press conference on YouthWorks, a state source of student wages administered by the Commonwealth Corporation.

PIC Honors "Achievers"

At its May 7 annual meeting, the Boston Private Industry Council honored 22 "PIC Achievers." These awards are given to those who exemplify the PIC's mission of connecting the youth and adults of Boston to the mainstream economy through education and employment.

  • New Dropout Recovery Video

    "Think Again" is the new Commonwealth Corporation video that explains the financial and social costs of dropping out of school in the words of former dropouts who later pursued a high school diploma or GED.

    View the video