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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Resources to Support Social-Emotional Learning
Culturally sensitive resources for developing SEL skills in students are available.
Kate Walker, November 28, 2018
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Quinton Crump, 11, paints a model of Uranus in his after-school program at Isaac Litton Middle School in Nashville, Tenn. The city’s after-school programs get data from the school system so they can tailor lessons to students’ needs.
Quinton Crump, 11, paints a model of Uranus in his after-school program at Isaac Litton Middle School in Nashville, Tenn. The city’s after-school programs get data from the school system so they can tailor lessons to students’ needs.
Joon Powell for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement After-School Programs Keep Learning Going With Student Data
Through a city-school partnership in Nashville, Tenn., after-school programs are using data to tailor lessons to students' learning needs.
Sarah D. Sparks, November 27, 2018
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Federal Report Roundup School Nutrition
The number of children participating in free after-school meals continues to accelerate, yet still falls far short of the number of children who could use the service from schools, according to a new analysis by the Food Research and Action Center.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 23, 2018
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School & District Management News in Brief Student Killed During Activities After School in North Las Vegas
Authorities say the single victim of a shooting this week at a high school in North Las Vegas, Nev., was an 18-year-old student.
The Associated Press, September 18, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Building Global Competence—One Invention at a Time
How an afterschool STEM program is helping students develop their global understanding.
Nicki Sirianni, August 15, 2018
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Jemma Walker, a rising 7th grader, pitches her lemonade to customers entering a Krogers grocery on Lemonade Day last month in southern Indianapolis.
Jemma Walker, a rising 7th grader, pitches her lemonade to customers entering a Krogers grocery on Lemonade Day last month in southern Indianapolis.
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Student Well-Being & Movement How the Humble Lemonade Stand Is Becoming a Pipeline for Young Entrepreneurs
A nonprofit organization, working with clubs and after-school groups, is remaking an old-fashioned childhood pastime to nurture the nation’s next generation of entrepreneurs.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 24, 2018
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Benson Tech High School junior Major Jimmerson learns about the surveying as a career during a summer session of the PACE mentoring program. Run jointly by the district and local leaders in the building trades, the program exposes students to careers in plumbing, air conditioning, carpentry, and electrical fields.
Benson Tech High School junior Major Jimmerson learns about the surveying as a career during a summer session of the PACE mentoring program. Run jointly by the district and local leaders in the building trades, the program exposes students to careers in plumbing, air conditioning, carpentry, and electrical fields.
David Pascual-Matias
College & Workforce Readiness After-School Programs Enter Career-Tech Space
A pair of after-school programs in Portland offer high school students a glimpse of what it's like to work in building design and construction.
Marva Hinton, June 5, 2018
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Kindergartner Samantha White, center, and her sister Savannah White, 2, left, gaze at a birdseed-encrusted pine cone during a Jefferson Elementary School after-school activity in Iola, Kansas, with their parents and second grader Tyler Wright, 8, in the background.
Kindergartner Samantha White, center, and her sister Savannah White, 2, left, gaze at a birdseed-encrusted pine cone during a Jefferson Elementary School after-school activity in Iola, Kansas, with their parents and second grader Tyler Wright, 8, in the background.
Julie Denesha for Education Week
Federal Trump Wants to Ax After-School Funding. What Would Be Lost?
Federal aid offers a lifeline for local organizations providing after-school programming, but providers remain concerned about the future of the $1.2 billion 21st Century Community Learning Center program.
Alyson Klein, May 15, 2018
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Science Opinion Makerspaces: Building Community and 21st-Century Skills in Detroit
How maker spaces can promote 21st century skills, social-emotional learning, and a sense of community.
Bart Eddy, April 12, 2018
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Student Well-Being & Movement Report Roundup Math Anxiety
Extracurricular math may help young students with math anxiety, finds a new study. Johns Hopkins University researchers evaluated the Crazy 8s Club, a play-based math after-school program for K-5 students developed by the Bedtime Math Foundation.
Marva Hinton, April 10, 2018
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