What's Happening
Read our latest e-newsletter, Beyond Imagination: Success of School Age & Youth Development Pilot, August 08
Of Interest
November 17, 2007 - The Massachusetts Special Commission on Out-of-School Time completedy their series of hearings in cities across the state and created a report summarizing their findings Our Common Wealth: Building a Future for Our Children and Youth. In an editorial in the Boston Globe Representative Marie St. Fleur is quoted as saying "It's about how we help children develop into positive human beings".
Read Investing in Student Success: Financing School-Connected Initiatives in Boston a report prepared for Boston Beyond and the Full-service Schools Roundtable on strategies for advancing the success of the city’s children and youth. Its analysis and recommendations detail how public and private financing can sustain more strategic and integrated approaches to the delivery of school-connected services for BPS students during in-school and out-of-school time.
Read the Executive Summary, Tough Choices, Tough Times, a report from the new commission on the skills of the American workforce. National Center on Education and the Economy