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The Channing Elementary School is tucked away on a quiet residential street in Hyde Park. In the lower grades students were busy with morning meetings, activity centers, literacy and math lessons. Kindergarteners were building with blocks, playing with puppets, and putting jigsaw puzzles together. 

Read more about the Channing, featured in this month's "We're Learning Here."

There are almost 800 students in this unusually diverse school in Brighton. Originally a middle school, the Edison became a K-8 four years ago. One of the teachers told me that the population of the school continues to change, this year adding a large number of SEI classes for English Language Learners... almost 40% of the student body!

Read more about the Edison K-8, featured in this month's "We're Learning Here."

The Haynes Early Education Center, which serves students as young as 3 years old (K0) through first grade, is perched at the busy intersection of Quincy Street & Blue Hill Avenue. Inside, the rooms are light and airy, and classrooms are set up for a variety of learning experiences.

Read more about Haynes Early Education Center, featured in this month's "We're Learning Here."