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All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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2.0KNewsWhy 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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1.6KOpinionLeaders 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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2.1KNewsAs 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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1.5KNewsAfter 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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1.8KOpinionCommunity 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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1.9KNewsWill 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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1.4KNewsAfter-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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1.9KNewsLocal 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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1.6KNewsAfter-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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882OpinionTime 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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1.4KOpinionWe 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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3.0KOpinionData-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...
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ourBRIDGE Afterschool Program
ourBRIDGE Afterschool Program in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of a kind. It serves over 70 refugee and immigrant elementary school aged...
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1.7KNewsUsing Nature as a Springboard to Support English Language Learning
Out-of-school (OST) programs in the San Benito school district and the afterschool teachers are committed to creating a safe, diverse, and welcoming...
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1.9KNewsRelaxed, Hands-on Activities at OurBridge Give English Learners the Practice They Need
Imagine entering a school where you don’t speak the language and you don’t know the culture. It’s an experience shared by nearly...
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1.6KNewsLights On Afterschool Shows What Programs Can Do for Kids, Highlights the Need
Afterschool programs are in the spotlight on Oct. 23, as the fifteenth Lights On Afterschool is celebrated.
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2.2KOpinionCan We Talk? The Importance of Conversation at Youth Programs
By practicing conversing with "expert" conversationalists, children quickly learn the pragmatic, or useful, aspects of oral language.
