Bell (Building Educated Leaders for Life)

at bell, we believe too many children are falling behind due to lack of access to quality out-of-school time (ost) education. after all, two-thirds of the academic achievement gap between children from low-income communities and their higher-income peers is caused by a lack of summer learning. for over 25 years, in partnership with schools across america, we have developed summer and after-school programs that blend academics with enrichment to transform students to scholars and narrow the achievement gap. hand-in-hand with parents, educators, and school administrators, we have developed, refined, and replicated research-based ost programs that blend academic and enrichment to boost grades and social-emotional skills. in 2016, we served over 14,000 pre-k-8 scholars in 28 u.s. states. through bell’s partnership and licensing model, we leverage our expertise and resources to strengthen the capacity of school districts and cbos to launch their own summer and after-school programs, or opti