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Homework Help at the Boston Public Library
Free drop-in homework help, academic support, and mentoring available at libraries and online during the school year in all subject areas to students in grades K – 8. Read more about Out-of-school Time programming at the library.
Homework Help includes:
- Out-of-school Time Homework Help
- Boston Teachers Union tutors
- Online help courtesy of the BPL
Test Prep Help
MCAS Test Prep from the Massachusetts Department of Education – information about the MCAS tests including schedules, questions and answers from previous year’s tests, and a way to generate your own custom set of MCAS questions to practice with
LearningExpress Library – for students from grade school through college; practice tests, exercises, eBooks; ACT, SAT, and other standardized tests prep help
Tutor.com SkillsCenter – extra practice with standardized tests; includes links to standardized test in all 50 states
Other Resources
More sources for homework help and after school programs in Boston:
- BOSTONavigator – The place to search for out-of school time programming in Boston.
- Boston Youth Zone – Find activities, opportunities, and other fun stuff for kids and teens, plus important information and resources for parents.
Find articles, do research for reports, look up facts and statistics using our online databases.
A few to get you started:
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context (good for current events and “hot issues”)
- Many, many biography resources
- Excellent literary criticism resources
- Check out our Anne Frank research guide, including information about The Sapling Project
Search Engines for Kids
- Fact Monster
- KidsClick! HUGE, easy-to-use web searching tool for kids, created by librarians.