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All posts tagged "after school"
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1.5KNewsLights On Afterschool Celebrates Fun While Highlighting Growing Demand
On Thursday, kids enrolled in after-school programs through a Washington, District of Columbia, parks and recreation department were exposed to pink slime...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Does Hair Have to Do With Reading and Writing?
We need to use youth’s culture as the central focus in planning after-school programs. This might include incorporating African-American youth’s linguistic resource,...
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1.7KNewsLights On Afterschool Celebrations Recognize Programs Big and Small
The 16th annual Lights On Afterschool event is a chance for programs to show off all they’ve accomplished, through science shows, dance...
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1.5KNewsTwo Fields Come Together in New Center for After-school and Summer Enrichment
The new National Center for Afterschool and Summer Enrichment will work to increase low-income kids' access to quality after-school and summer programs....
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2.4KNewsSTEM Education Bill With OST Focus Signed Into Law
After-school programs are not a luxury but a valuable piece of the STEM education landscape, says James Brown, executive director of the...
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4.5KNewsHelping Kids Earn Credentials: Digital Badges for Out-of-School Time Learning
The idea of badges is not new: Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts have offered them for years. Digital badges, however, are posted...
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Coalition Urges Lawmakers to Maintain 21st Century Community Funding
WASHINGTON — A coalition of hundreds of local, state and national groups is urging federal lawmakers to preserve and strengthen the 21st...
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1.5KNewsWant a Citywide After-school System? Here’s What You Probably Need
In the past 10 years, nearly 30 cities have shifted from funding individual after-school programs to creating a citywide system. There’s no...
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1.2KGuest Opinion EssaySupport Quality After-School Programming: Upending Conventional Wisdom
While more than half of parents say they would like their child to participate, just one-third report having at least one child...
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2.2KNewsCamp Fire Embraces Thriveology
Camp Fire serves about 1 million children, teens and families. Now, fresh from an evaluation of Thriveology, Camp Fire is expanding this...
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2.0K► Nonprofit ToolboxIncorporating More Youth Voice into Our Work
We have found running our national youth advisory board to be essential to our work.
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1.4KNewsChanges to Federal After-school, Summer Meals Programs Sought
WASHINGTON — Possible updates to federal child nutrition laws could make it easier for the organizers of summer and after-school programs to...
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1.5KNewsAfter-school Programs Step Forward to Align With Common Core
Imagine an American education system that works well for all students — a system that pulls U.S. students forward from a laggard...
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7.0KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Build Safe Spaces: Define, Then Deliver
Providing “safe space” is critical for after-school programs in helping young people thrive. Most providers probably think they do that. But it...
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1.8KNewsSetting Standards for Out-of-School Time
Pushed by statewide after-school networks and some funders, the creation of standards is part of a broad movement toward making the quality...
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Funding for After-School Programs at Risk in Congress, Groups Say
Even as Congress works on a replacement to No Child Left Behind, millions of dollars for after-school and other youth programs appear...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Workers Need Defined, Broad Career Paths
As a youth worker, I’ve always felt more like the overlapping part of a Venn diagram rather than one of the neat...
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1.4KNewsAward-Winning Program Highlights Effective Practices as Summer Learning Day Celebrated
Young children bound off the bus on summer mornings at Hickory Grove Elementary School in Charlotte, N.C. They’re coming to summer camp...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayOST Programs in Rural Maine Make a Difference
The Afterschool Alliance estimated that by making after-school meals available, OST programs could help the approximately 15 million children in nationwide who...
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2.8KNewsRural Youth Face More Economic Hardship, Have Fewer Enrichment Opportunities
After-school activities fill a gap in remote communities, but administrators struggle to fund youth-development programs. One trend is clear: Students in rural...
