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Out-of-School Programs Provide Essential Benefits for Children and Youth; More Support Is Needed to Help These Programs Thrive

WASHINGTON — Children don’t stop learning after they leave the classroom, and after-school programs play a crucial role in child and youth development. “Out-of-school time” programs can provide ...
Education Week

The Key Challenges After-School Programs Are Facing, in Charts

Helping students catch up academically after prolonged pandemic school closures and disruptions is no small feat. Students across the country—regardless of age, location, and socioeconomic ...
Forbes

The Purple Star School Program Is A Success. It Could Be Even Better

49th Wing leadership and Alamogordo Public School District leadership pose for a photo with Purple Star School Designate banner, Jan. 19, 2021, at Alamogordo, New Mexico. The U.S. military is in a war ...
PBS

After-school programs have either been abandoned or overworked during the pandemic

"I like building stuff," said 11-year-old Isabella Martinez, describing the appeal of her science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) after-school program, Girlstart. "In school we don't really ...
ABC15 Arizona

LIST: Programs for kids before and after school around the Valley

Coordinating work and school schedules can be stressful, but many school districts, organizations, and community groups are offering before- and after-school care for students. Some of the programs ...