Peace

Posted: July 20th, 2013 | Author: | | No Comments »

PeaceCreek follow up.  The fabulous Lillian Wamuyu explained to me that Read the rest of this entry »


Crossing The Creek

Posted: July 18th, 2013 | Author: | | 1 Comment »

We visited Bridge Academy in Gicagi.  Willis, the Academy Manager, described his biggest challenge.

Further down that dirt path pictured below, there’s a creek.  Read the rest of this entry »


Kenya Day 2

Posted: July 17th, 2013 | Author: | | No Comments »

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Spent yesterday at a school.  It was in semi-rural Nairobi.  Lots of goats abutting the school, sunlight, trees.

This morning we went to our first slum.  Streets are very tight.  Trash everywhere. Read the rest of this entry »


Hello

Posted: July 16th, 2013 | Author: | | No Comments »

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From the Ongata Rongai school in Nairobi.


Remembering Stuff

Posted: July 14th, 2013 | Author: | | No Comments »

Flight delay….so I figured I’d throw up a wonky little blog.  It’s either that or buy a spy novel in the airport bookstore. Read the rest of this entry »


WAVE and Generation Rwanda, Meet Cristo Rey and Dwight Howard

Posted: July 14th, 2013 | Author: | | No Comments »

1. Met Bryan on Thursday at Harvard i-Lab.  He and Misan are Read the rest of this entry »


Measurement In India

Posted: July 11th, 2013 | Author: | | No Comments »

I met Ashish a year ago — Read the rest of this entry »


Young Social Entrepreneurs

Posted: July 10th, 2013 | Author: | | No Comments »

Met a sharp high-school kid yesterday, wandering around the Harvard i-lab (they are generously hosting our Bridge Boston office for now, until we find a permanent home).

Arjun created Stoodle.  It’s an online site that Read the rest of this entry »


Measurement Challenge

Posted: July 8th, 2013 | Author: | | 3 Comments »

MCAS, I’ve taken you for granted.

Until now.  Forgive me.  Read the rest of this entry »


Why Bridge At Midnight?

Posted: July 7th, 2013 | Author: | | 2 Comments »

This is a new blog.  My name is Mike Goldstein.  I’ve recently started work at Bridge International Academies.  My title is chief academic officer.  I’m currently building a small team to be based here in Boston.  At the moment we work out of the Harvard University i-Lab, a few hundred yards from the Charles River.

Welcome to readers from my other blog, called Puzzl_ED.  It’s about American K-12 issues.

Bridge At Midnight is about K-12 in the developing world.

The blog name comes from a Longfellow poem.  My longtime readers know that I’m not a particularly sentimental guy, at least online.  But indulge me this once, as a throw a poem in the mix. Read the rest of this entry »