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All posts tagged "after school"
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2.5KNewsAfter-School Programs Needed, But Scarce in Poorly Funded Rural Areas
One in every five children in the United States — nearly 10 million students — attends school in what the Census Bureau...
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2.1KFrom the FieldSalsa Scholars: Getting Kids Moving, Reading and Writing!
Good Shepherd Services is a New York City nonprofit serving about 2,700 K-8th graders through 27 afterschool programs located in low income...
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995NewsAfter-school Funding Reinstated in Senate Education Bill
Fear that after-school funding will die ebbed a bit as the U.S. Senate education committee affirmed its support for a major federal...
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562News‘No Child’ Rewrite Shifts School Accountability to States, Does not Renew After-School Funding
A federal after-school program hangs in limbo as the Senate education committee forges ahead to rewrite “No Child Left Behind” — but...
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889NewsSpring Break Is No Picnic for Some Parents
When spring break rolls around, kids are delighted to have a vacation from school. But for working parents with limited time off,...
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1.5KNewsWhy Should Cities Invest in After-school Programs? Five Mayors Explain
After-school programs are helping reduce gang activity, crime and child obesity, five mayors of U.S. cities said Tuesday at the National After-School...
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After-school Advocates Lobby Legislators to Save 21st Century Program
As federal funding for after-school programs continues to swing in the breeze, after-school advocates are seeking to make their presence felt on...
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1.2KGuest Opinion EssayLeaders Must Model Social Emotional Learning for Staff
Do the staff of OST programs possess these skills at a level where they can effectively model and teach them? Sometimes, but...
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1.7KNewsAs Congress Considers Cutting Funds, After-school Leaders Say Programs Vital for Kids and Working Families
WASHINGTON, DC — The vast majority of parents — 84 percent — support public funding of after-school programs, said Afterschool Alliance Executive...
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1.1KNewsAfter Spectacular Rise of National After-school Program, What Comes Next?
Today it’s sitting precariously on the chopping block, but the federal grant program known as 21st Century Community Learning Centers once seemed...
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Tangible Improvement: Assessing for Youth Program Quality
In Minnesota our Extension Center for Youth Development made a strategic decision in 2011 to train ALL our staff working with 4-H...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayCommunity College Proposal Not Enough to Transform OST Field
The White House is promoting President Obama’s Building American Skills through Community College proposal by projecting that it could save a full-time...
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1.4KNewsWill Federal After-School Funding Survive Senate Committee?
As Congress raises its ax to No Child Left Behind, it could also slice away the 17-year program that serves 1.6 million...
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1.0KNewsAfter-school Providers, Others Join Effort to Preserve 21st Century Funding
Advocates for after-school programs have swung into action, fearing that federal funding for after-school and summer programs could be diverted and lost....
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1.3KNewsLocal Dance Program Gets Kids on the Move
An Atlanta youth organization, Moving in the Spirit, began in 1986 as a dance class for girls at a women’s shelter in...
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1.1KNewsAfter-School Programs for Low-Income Children Endangered by Proposed Senate Bill
A draft of a bill proposed in the U.S. Senate — the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — would kill a program...
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The Mazda Foundation – Education, Literacy, Environment, Culture, Social Welfare, and Research Grants
Subject: Education, Literacy, Environmental Education, Community Development | Deadline: July 1, 2015 (Applications accepted beginning May 1.)
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607Guest Opinion EssayTime to Give the Quarterbacks of OST a Fat Raise
Until we pay front-line staff as professionals and give them budgets and resources commensurate of what we expect from them, the OST...
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Continue to Advocate for Funding for Afterschool Programs
How can we close the gap between public support and public dollars for afterschool? In a word, advocacy.
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayData-Driven Decisions: A Myth or Reality for Out-of-School Time?
The recent economic crisis has intensified challenges throughout the nonprofit sector. Nowhere is the strain felt more than in the field of...
