The Rennie Center followed teams in Providence and Boston as they engaged in a bold experiment to credential the skills that young people gain outside of school. The following report shares successes and lessons learned from…
A growing movement dedicated to the social, emotional, and academic well-being of children is reshaping learning and changing lives across America. This Aspen Institute report outlines how learning happens and what strategies can help local communities…
Colleagues in other cities look at Boston’s ambitious summer learning partnership and want to know how it came together: How did we bring 90 institutions together under a single mission? How have we achieved such strong…
Capturing the efforts of programs serving over 13,400 Boston youth, the data debrief from Summer 2019 outlines key successes and data findings to support the next decade of summer learning.
Summer learning in the city of Boston has proved to be an effective tool for improving the education of students in the area. In honor of National Summer Learning Week and after ten years of successful…
In June 2018, over 250 education leaders from Boston and across the country gathered at Boston University for the second annual ACT Skills Summit. Together, we discussed strategies to advance skill development, learned from leading researchers…
A new Boston Beyond report details the performance of 145 programs serving 12,522 students over summer 2018, an all-time high.
H.2868 from the Massachusetts legislature is an act to increase access to high quality summer learning opportunities for FY2019 and FY2020. The act authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a grant program…
In June 2017, Boston Beyond released an updated ACT Framework, informed by Boston’s youth development and education community. While the framework’s focus remains the same – codifying the skills necessary for college & career success –…
This briefing outlines key strategies for practicing social and emotional learning in a low-cost, low-burden manner. These strategies are designed to be adpatable to inidvidual settings and needs, while still producing meangingful outcomes.