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Parents Don’t Understand How Far Behind Their Kids Are in School

Effective Summer Learning: ‘We Already Know How to Do This’

Funding Slated for Several Jamaica Plain Youth Programs

Potential Funding Coming to Several Eastie Programs

PEAR Trainings: A New Vision of the Three Tiers of Support

Nonprofit Boston Beyond funding boosts after school programs in Dot, Mattapan

Summer 2023 OIF/RFP Submission Portal & Resources

Boston After School & Beyond Awards $2 Million to Sixty-Eight After-School Programs to Provide Enrichment

Summer learning is key to reversing academic losses

Data Debrief Zoom Recording

Summer For All Report

Boston’s investment in summer learning converts into high participation this year

Education Leaders Celebrate Largest Summer Learning Effort, Commit to Reaching More Students

Lacrosse fuels summer learning, opportunities at Mildred Avenue

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Incoming BPS superintendent touts summer learning

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Students graduate from YMCA’s Summer Learning Academy in Jamaica Plain

Boston sailing program helps student build important social skills

How Orange Line shutdown could impact Boston schools

Incoming Boston schools chief Mary Skipper faces new challenge for fall: Orange Line closure as classes start

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Boston Public Schools’ new superintendent visits summer program for students

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Upcoming Events in Boston Beyond’s Network

DESE ASOST-R Subgrant

Boston After School & Beyond Awarded $4.5 Million State Grant

Partner Call Data Presentations

Summer for All: Building Coordinated Networks to Promote Access to Quality Summer Learning and Enrichment Opportunities Across a Community

Boston Beyond Network COVID-19 Policies

From Data to Action: 2021 Summer Learning Data Debrief & Celebration Presentation

“We are listening.”: Cassellius says Boston will explore ways to reach more students with summer learning opportunities

Boston Education Leaders Showcase Summer Learning Successes Amid Pandemic

All About Skills: A Citywide Approach to Preparing Today’s Children for Tomorrow’s Opportunities

Boston After 3PM: STEM 2021

Many Boston students miss out on summer school opportunities, leaving the most vulnerable further behind

Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out

Putting Data to Work for Young People: A Framework for Measurement, Continuous Improvement, and Equitable Systems

Planning for Impactful Summer Learning 2021

Boston After 3PM : Summer 2021 Fact Sheet

Boston After 3PM: Summer Report

There’s a frenzy for summer school, but it may not be enough

Boston Public Schools and Boston After School & Beyond – Summer Learning 2021 Announcement

Boston Public Schools announces summer learning programs

BPS, Boston Afterschool & Beyond offer expanded summer programming

New Summer 2021 Learning Plan Unveiled

State Offers $70 Million In Grants to Fund Summer Schools, Tutoring And Math Programs

Bay State Banner: Community centers offer remote learning

OST Virtual Programming Best Practices

Boston Globe: Learning Pods taking root in Black, Latino neighborhoods

2020 RAND Report: National Summer Learning Project

WCVB: Local Boys and Girls Club reinvents self as remote learning center

2020 RAND Report: Social and Emotional Learning

2020 Boston Summer Learning Debrief & Celebration

School Year 2020-21 Resources

Boston Globe: Boston aims to provide child care and remote learning space for thousands of students

Board Elects New Chair and Vice-Chair

Boston Beyond’s Commitment to Addressing Structural Racism and Inequity

Dorchester Reporter: In Fields Corner, a refuge for teens renews its mission in a time of strains

WGBH: Summer Camp: A Rehearsal For The School Year Ahead

WCVB: Some Boston summer camps find ways to resume activities

100&Change Solutions Bank

SEL Circle

Boston’s “Summer for All” Solution Among Top 100 for MacArthur’s $100 Million Global Competition

2019 Press

Commonwealth Magazine: This summer will be key time in education

Elevating Real-World Learning: Two Cities’ Efforts to Credential Real World Skills through Digital Badges

Boston Summer Learning Launches Largest Summer Yet

Summer For All: Perspectives of Program Leaders on Boston Summer Learning

Summer For All: A Parent Perspective on Boston Summer Learning

Summer For All: Perspectives from Students & Alumni on Boston Summer Learning

Summer For All: 10-Year Anniversary of Boston Summer Learning

Summer For All: A Third Semester of Work and Learning

SEL Circle Video

From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope

Summer for All: Lessons from Ten Years of Boston Summer Learning

Summer 2019 Debrief Presentation

Lessons Learned 2019 Report

2018 Press

ACT Skills: Growth Mindset, featuring HMS MEDscience

ACT Skills: Communication, featuring Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston at Tierney Learning Center

ACT Skills: Self-Efficacy, featuring Urban Improv Youth Unscripted

ACT Skills: Social Awareness & Relationships, featuring Playworks New England at the Russell School

ACT Skills: Critical Thinking, featuring Harlem Lacrosse – TechBoston Academy Girls

ACT Skills: Perseverance, featuring Thompson Island Outward Bound – Summer Connections

ACT Skills: Creativity, featuring Boston Scores – Mario Umana Academy

ACT Skills: Self-Regulation, featuring Umass Boston – Urban Scholars

ACT Skills: Teamwork, featuring Community Rowing, Inc

2018 ACT Skills Summit: From Data to Action

Summer 2018 Report

2017 Press

5th Quarter of Learning 2017 (Zoo New England)

Mayor Walsh and Superintendent Chang Announce Expansion of BoSTEM Initiative

H.2868 – Summer Learning Bill

2017 ACT Skills Summit: Preparing Youth for College, Career, and Life

Kernels of Practice for SEL

Navigating Social-Emotional Learning from the Inside Out

Summer 2017 Debrief Presentation

Summer 2017 Report

2016 Press

National Summer Learning Day 2016

The BoSTEM Experience (Sociedad Latina & CitySprouts) 2016

Why is Summer Learning Important? 2016

What Does High Quality Programming Look Like? (Steppingstone Fdn) 2016

Incorporating Youth Voice into Program Design

Designing Assessments for College and Career Readiness: Performance Tasks

Rennie Center Report: Beyond School Walls

Digital Badging and Micro-Credentialing

Badging Practice Brief

BASB/BPS Joint PSELI Press Release

RAND Report: Learning from Summer

Summer 2016 Report

National Academies of Science’s Workshop on Summer Learning

Boston Learns Together: Building Skills, Creating Opportunity

2015 Press

Boston Summer Learning Project 2015 (Hale Reservation)

Assessing the Impacts of STEM Learning Ecosystems

Digital Badges in Afterschool

Summer 2015 Report

Boston Summer Learning Project 2014 (Sociedad Latina)

Rennie Center Report: From Schooling to Learning

STEM Learning is Everywhere

How Cross-Sector Collaborations are Advancing STEM Learning

RAND Report: Ready for Fall?

RAND Report: Getting to Work on Summer Learning

Boston Summer Learning Project 2012 (Burke High School)

Achieving-Connecting-Thriving Skills

The Achieve-Connect-Thrive Framework

Boston Summer Learning Project 2011 (Thompson Island)

RAND Report: Making Summer Count