WriteBoston was founded in 2002 by Mayor Menino with the goal of ensuring that all Boston students develop into skillful, sophisticated, academic writers. Since its founding, WriteBoston has expanded to serve students, schools, districts, and educational organizations across Massachusetts while holding onto our core beliefs: that student voice matters, and skillful writing is a gatekeeper to college success and career readiness. At its heart, we see the ability to communicate effectively as an essential issue of social justice.
We believe that through collaboration with committed partners—particularly dedicated schools, districts, and educators—and through partnership with youth writers themselves, we are able to elevate the core writing skills of and provide authentic audience and opportunity for Massachusetts’s youth.
