TeachLab: Podcast Interview with Milly Arbaje-Thomas
Channel: MIT Teaching Systems Lab
Date: 2020-02-06

Milly Arbaje-Thomas joins Justin Reich to discuss the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), a voluntary school integration program in Boston Massachusetts. They’ll focus on its mission, its underlying values, and Milly’s personal experience with the program as a former METCO parent and as its current CEO.

Milly Arbaje-Thomas is the CEO of METCO, which is a voluntary school integration program here in Boston. Prior, Milly managed neighborhood antipoverty programs at Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) for 15 years. As Deputy Director of ABCD Field Operations she provided leadership to 14 neighborhood sites and is credited with transforming those sites into integrated, full-service case management organizations serving the low-income community.


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https://metcoinc.org/ - Learn more about METCO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I65Ru4ZM9c - WGBH segment on METCO funding

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/02/18/metco-students-outperforming-those-bps-charter-schools/W4jpFqnOSFxbdvsJu30jXN/story.html - Recent article about METCO performance


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