After School Programs
See how after-school programs are evolving to better serve students and provide enriching experiences.
‘Great Lifelong Habits’: How This District Is Keeping Young Kids Off Screens
Can a massive expansion of extracurricular activities help build social-emotional skills in early grades?
This After-School Program Is Improving Students’ Reading, One Black History Book at a Time
An after-school program seeks to teach its students about Black history and improve their reading scores at the same time.
School & District Management
Opinion
Strengthening After-School Programs by Building a 'Knowledge Neighborhood'
A community-based organization's partnership with researchers creates a 'knowledge neighborhood' supporting after-school programs.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
8 Ways to Use Global Citizenship Education With Early Adolescents
Ways to engage early adolescents through global citizenship education.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Role of After-School Environments in Students' Academic Performance
A research-practice partnership examines how urban after-school programs can support positive youth development.
Science
Video
Taking STEM Lessons Outside of the School Day
Schools are under pressure to expand STEM offerings. So specialized after-school programs are aiming to fill the gap.
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Building a Compassionate, Global Community, One Classroom at a Time
How to help students recognize other perspectives and have empathy for others.
Budget & Finance
After-School Spending Gets Boost in Revised House Education Bill
House lawmakers voted to boost funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program by $100 million during debate over the House education funding bill for the next fiscal year.
Teaching
Opinion
Teaching the Implications of Climate Change and Hurricane Harvey
Strategies, resources, and ideas to help educators address Hurricane Harvey in their classrooms.
Federal
Opinion
Trump Budget Endangers STEM Learning
Cutting funding for out-of-school STEM enrichment programs will put some students further behind, writes funding expert Ron Ottinger of STEM Next.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Can After-School Programs Benefit Students' Social and Emotional Health?
A school district official outlines how a Louisville study on the effects of out-of-school time programs on Social Emotional Learning fits within the local context.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Report Roundup
Extracurricular Activities
The 21st-Century Community Learning Centers, which receives federal funding to provide after-school and summer programs and other enrichment activities, needs more oversight, finds a new report from the federal Government Accountability Office.
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