Mission & Strategy

The Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE) asks one question over and over: What will it take to create a system of schools that works for every child?

As a local education fund and nonprofit, BPE works from the “outside in,” acting as both an ally and critical friend to the Boston Public Schools — seeking and supporting innovative solutions to the toughest problems faced by Boston’s students, their teachers, and the school district as a whole.

The BPE Mission: To help create a system of effective schools so that every child in Boston is prepared for success in college and life.

With the support of private grants, BPE plays two main roles: With teachers and administrators, it tests new ideas to improve classrooms and schools that hold promise for accelerating student learning, and it works with the district to look at its own policies and practices that slow reform.

For 25 years, BPE has contributed to major improvements in Boston’s schools, improvements that have affected the lives of countless children and families. The work continues. We will not be satisfied until every student in Boston receives the education she deserves.

Every school. Every classroom. Every student.

The Boston Plan for Excellence celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2009.

Looking ahead at the next 25 years, BPE is extending its commitment to all Boston schoolchildren, many of whom attend more than one type of school over their educational careers. The Boston Schoolchildren's Consortium, convened by BPE, includes superintendents and directors of Boston charter, parochial, private, traditional, and pilot schools and METCO. Click here to read a press release announcing the Consortium.

Click here to download an overview of BPE's mission, current work, and accomplishments.