STEM in after-school programs sees ‘extraordinary’ growth

Still, 23 million children don’t have access to after-school programming and thus are missing out, an Afterschool Alliance ...
EdSurge

Can After-School Programs Help Children Recover From the Pandemic?

Photo courtesy of After School Matters. Students participate in a dance class. DETROIT — A fleet of vans and a bus picked up dozens of students and dropped them off at the Downtown Boxing Gym here on ...
NPR

Pandemic aid for schools is ending soon. Many after-school programs may go with it

Fifth-grader Andreana Campbell and third-grader Kewon Wells are tending to a garden box after school at Eugene Field Elementary School in Tulsa, Okla. “I want to try this kale,” Kewon says, pointing ...
Education Week

After-School Programs Are Low on Staff, Leaving Students Unsupervised and Underserved

Unprecedented staffing shortages have plagued schools nationwide all year—and these issues haven’t spared after-school programs. Roughly three-quarters of after-school program providers who answered a ...
Chicago Tribune

After-school programs on the chopping block due to delayed funding disbursement

The 3 p.m. bell at Telpochcalli Elementary marked the start of students’ and teachers’ favorite hours. Students played instruments under the guidance of their musically talented educators and swirled ...