Volunteering Can Help Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescents, Study Says
A new study found that volunteering can help reduce cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents. Read Full Post >
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February 27, 2013
February 20, 2013
Playing With Legos to Support After-School STEM Lessons
STEM-focused after-school programs provide students with more than just fun. Construction toys like Legos and K'NEX can also help teach basic STEM principles. Read Full Post >
September 18, 2012
After-School a Prime Time to Provide Arts Instruction
After-school programs provide a prime setting for the arts instruction that many schools have cut, reports the latest in a set of issue briefs released by the Afterschool Alliance. "Arts Enrichment in Afterschool," is one of four briefs, supported with funding from the MetLife Foundation, targeting... Read Full Post >
August 20, 2012
After-School Program's Snack Food Song Strikes a Chord
In just two weeks, "Hot Cheetos and Takis," a rap song by a group of kids in an after school program in north Minneapolis, has gone viral, boasting more than 1.1 million views on YouTube. Read Full Post >
June 07, 2012
Tip Sheets Promote Use of Data in After-School Programs
A set of tip sheets released this week by the Wallace Foundation could offer guidance on how to use data to evaluate and improve after-school programs. Read Full Post >
March 27, 2012
New Initiative Brings Together Out-of-School Leaders
Out-of-school programs can reduce negative behaviors like drug use and improve students' attendance, grades, and test scores, says a new report released today that draws comprehensive findings from more than 60 after-school studies. The details behind those findings and more comprehensive informat... Read Full Post >
September 16, 2011
After-school Programs Change Student Minds About STEM
The best STEM-focused after-school programs increase students' enrollment and interest in the subjects and their pursuit of careers in science, technology, engineering, and math later in life, a new report from the Afterschool Alliance says. Read Full Post >
July 15, 2011
Swords Drawn on 21st Century Community Learning Centers?
A group of senators proposed a reauthorization plan yesterday for the federal 21st Century Community Learning Center grant program that would enhance application protocol and accountability requirements for after-school, before school, and summer programs. Read Full Post >
May 18, 2011
Forum Explores Best Uses of Expanded Learning Time
Participants emphasized that strengthening accountability, improving data tracking, and building community partnerships and sustainability were fundamental to developing expanded learning time programs, but that there wasn't a definitive answer for how to add time to deliver better education. Read Full Post >
April 01, 2011
The Big Apple's Approach to After-School
Under the leadership of city officials and local organizations, New York City implemented an Out-of-School Time initiative in 2005 that put significant city dollars into funding expanded learning and after-school programs, believing the programs would improve the performance of youth in the city's u... Read Full Post >
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