More than sixty high school students in the Boston Public Schools special education program gathered at City Hall Plaza yesterday for a meet-and-greet with bank representatives organized by Bank On Boston, a program that connects residents with reliable financial products
Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) didn’t just pivot to remote learning during the pandemic. The program pirouetted into all-new creative territory, revamping its career readiness lessons into playful mini-dramas and travelogues. Some instant classics: A job search lesson from
In her welcome to Boston Public Schools (BPS) students outside City Hall Thursday, Disabilities Commissioner Kristen McCosh encouraged them to “learn a lot, ask a lot of questions” of the banks and credit unions that had come to meet with
In November 2015 Phillip Beltz and his partner moved to Boston to start a new chapter of their lives together. Beltz, then 62, began his job search with confidence. He had a master’s degree in social work, glowing references, and