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On the Road began as a way to directly address the 6,000-hour learning gap, which negatively affects the next generation and their futures. By the age of 12, children from low-income families have experienced a 6,000-hour learning gap compared to their peers, due...

In October of 2021, we made an exciting announcement that we were ready to expand our impact and serve more youth by launching our middle school program in another community within the Shenandoah Valley.    With that plan in mind, our first step was to find an...

For 37 years, Ruthie Bosch has found her passion in the classroom – first as a Spanish teacher in a Catholic school in Detroit, Michigan, and then as a professor at James Madison University, where she’s been teaching for 13 years.  At JMU, Ruthie works with students...

"Each semester, we gear up for a full roster of programs and excitedly think about all of the opportunities and hands-on experiences our youth will have thanks to our team and the amazing volunteers that help make our programs possible. But this past fall was extra...

Chaz Haywood said he first heard about On the Road when his kids were at Skyline Middle School. As a parent, he would go have lunch with his kids at least once a month in the school cafeteria, something his father used to do with him.  “So, ​​I was probably sitting at...