Parents have become a lot more optimistic about how well their children are doing in school. In 2020 and 2021, a majority of parents in the United States reported that the pandemic was hurting their children’s education. But…
The road to pandemic recovery and equity extends through summer, when programs draw on young people’s interests and utilize the entire community for learning. Our experience in Boston and Massachusetts points the way to engaging programs…
Thanks to grants from Boston After School & Beyond, summer funding is potentially on the way to support programs serving kids in Jamaica Plain. Some of the programs serving the youth in Jamaica Plain slated to…
As part of grants from Boston After School & Beyond, several youth programs are slated to receive funding this summer which will help provide even more support to the children of East Boston. Some of the…
For organizations like Mick Brunache’s football and enrichment program in Mattapan for youth ages 7 to 17, the experience is about more than the athletics. “It’s about the mental health piece, the financial literacy piece, reading,…
BOSTON, Thursday, February 23, 2023– Sixty-eight Boston after-school programs will share nearly $2 million in new funding from Boston After School & Beyond projected to support 7,178 students in quality enrichment and social emotional learning efforts. …
The road to pandemic recovery must run through summer, when programs draw on young people’s interests to help them learn. The steep decline in student test scores is concerning but just the tip of the iceberg in…
State and local education officials in Massachusetts are betting big on summer learning. Given the pandemic’s alarming academic and emotional effects on students, they argue, the school year can’t stop in June. And this past summer in…
BOSTON, Thursday, October 13, 2022 – Boston After School & Beyond (Boston Beyond) was joined by Superintendent Mary Skipper, Massachusetts Secretary of Education James Peyser, and more than 300 community leaders to share 2022 results from…
Lacrosse is often seen locally as a sport exclusive to elite private schools and suburban enclaves, with most young people in the neighborhood found on the football field at Franklin Field or Almont Park, or basketball…