NEWS & INSIGHTS

Historically, the focus of BellXcel's internal program evaluation approach was measuring student-level academic and social-emotional outcomes. We engage teachers through survey research, but often only around program engagement and satisfaction. After a review of our evaluation data and anecdotal...

On April 11th, more than 300 parents, teachers, and students in Baltimore came out to cheer on BellXcel After School scholars at the 3rd Annual Spelling Bee, generously sponsored by Eurich-Thalheimer Charitable Fund. Community partners, Family League of Baltimore and St. James Academy, Inc., also...

BOSTON (April 23, 2019) –BellXcel, a national education nonprofit, today announced a $3 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation that will help the organization to expand access to evidence-based summer and afterschool learning for 12,000 at-risk middle-schoolers across the U.S....

BellXcel is pleased to announce that Angela Kennedy, Site Manager, at Louisiana 4-H LSU AgCenter, in Angie, Louisiana, is this year’s Tiffany Cooper Gueye Educator of the Year. BellXcel CEO Lauren Sanchez Gilbert, Ed.D., presented Kennedy with the award on Wednesday, March 27 at Wesley Ray...

Dear friends, I am excited to announce that BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) is now BellXcel! Over the past quarter century, our nonprofit has evolved to meet the needs of those we serve, and so have our name and brand identity. Change is the only constant in our organization. Yet, our...

January 19 2019 When BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life), a national nonprofit, had a hunch that its unique approach to professional development was having a positive impact on teacher practices, it asked Bellwether Education Partners to investigate. Not only did teachers describe a...