Tag: Press
Big Class Makes Big Impact On Kids’ Writing
November 13, 2014
“When I’m in Reading class, I think of a good poem, my light bulb just goes off,” Akilah tells me. “And I’m like I can’t wait to write this in Big Class. And I get so excited. I come here and I’m like woo-hoo!”
New Orleans Public Radio wrote a great piece on Big Class as a safe third space for kids to explore creative ideas and hone their writing skills in the midst of a test-drive education culture. Read the full article: http://wwno.org/post/big-class-makes-big-impact-kids-writing
Big Class provides forum for everyone to tell their stories
September 29, 2014
The Louisiana Weekly recently penned an article on Big Class programming and history! Read the full article here: http://www.louisianaweekly.com/big-class-provides-forum-for-everyone-to-tell-their-stories-2/
Pizza and Poetry, Together at Last
April 18, 2014
“Unless you count Dean Martin’s “That’s Amore,” pizza and poetry don’t often intersect. But today, customers in Oakland and New Orleans will get an order of stanzas delivered with their slices.”
Food & Wine Magazine did a great write-up of the Pizza Poetry Project and our friends at the 510 Project in Oakland, CA! See the full article: http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/pizza-and-poetry-together-last
10-year-old NOLA poet writes “The Women Revolution”
April 18, 2014/BrassyBrown.com
Pizza Poetry Project highlights students poems on pizza boxes
April 14, 2014/Gambit
Big Class in New Orleans will publish more than 1,000 young writers by the end of the school year
October 3, 2014/nola.com
Big Class offers free book-making, after-school program
February 22, 2013/The Gambit Blog of New Orleans
Big Class Takes a Big Step Towards Literacy
October 7, 2011/GOOD Magazine
BIG CLASS BOOK ONE – THE ANIMALS
August 10, 2011/Press Street’s Room 220
Big Class Makes Big Impact On Kids’ Writing
November 13, 2014
“When I’m in Reading class, I think of a good poem, my light bulb just goes off,” Akilah tells me. “And I’m like I can’t wait to write this in Big Class. And I get so excited. I come here and I’m like woo-hoo!”
New Orleans Public Radio wrote a great piece on Big Class as a safe third space for kids to explore creative ideas and hone their writing skills in the midst of a test-drive education culture. Read the full article: http://wwno.org/post/big-class-makes-big-impact-kids-writing
Big Class provides forum for everyone to tell their stories
September 29, 2014
The Louisiana Weekly recently penned an article on Big Class programming and history! Read the full article here: http://www.louisianaweekly.com/big-class-provides-forum-for-everyone-to-tell-their-stories-2/
Pizza and Poetry, Together at Last
April 18, 2014
“Unless you count Dean Martin’s “That’s Amore,” pizza and poetry don’t often intersect. But today, customers in Oakland and New Orleans will get an order of stanzas delivered with their slices.”
Food & Wine Magazine did a great write-up of the Pizza Poetry Project and our friends at the 510 Project in Oakland, CA! See the full article: http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/pizza-and-poetry-together-last
10-year-old NOLA poet writes “The Women Revolution”
April 18, 2014/BrassyBrown.com
Pizza Poetry Project highlights students poems on pizza boxes
April 14, 2014/Gambit
Big Class in New Orleans will publish more than 1,000 young writers by the end of the school year
October 3, 2014/nola.com
Big Class offers free book-making, after-school program
February 22, 2013/The Gambit Blog of New Orleans
Big Class Takes a Big Step Towards Literacy
October 7, 2011/GOOD Magazine
BIG CLASS BOOK ONE – THE ANIMALS
August 10, 2011/Press Street’s Room 220
