Photo by Gage Skidmore. This morning, President Trump unveiled his budget priorities for 2018. Among those priorities? Singling out afterschool funding for elimination. The president’s budget justifies this devastating cut... read more →
By John Thoresen, CEO of the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif. More than one in six children suffer from physical abuse, and one in 10 children will be... read more →
Catonsville Elementary School Community Service Group Expands (Baltimore Sun, Maryland) Over the course of the school year, Westchester Elementary School students have run a candy drive for troops overseas, written... read more →
By Allison Coleman, program manager at the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), and Ava DeBovis, national network manager at the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. This post was originally... read more →
So you give a dollar (well, probably more than one) to the federal government in taxes. How does it get spent? It might surprise you to know that only about 2... read more →
A new research paper from the Girl Scout Research Institute suggests that girls are in a worse state than they were before the Great Recession. Released in February, the report outlined the trends in... read more →
By Jennifer Siaca Curry, Ed.D. Jennifer has worked in the afterschool and expanded learning field for over a decade, working with the statewide afterschool network in New York and ExpandED... read more →
Chefs of the Future Contest Has Kids Cookin’ Good (Daily News, New York) Thirteen youths competed this weekend to see who could come up with the healthiest, most interesting recipe... read more →
On February 28, House Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chair Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) and Ranking Member Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) hosted a hearing entitled "Providing More Students a Pathway... read more →
Afterschool STEM programming shone brightly under the spotlight this week with the release of a research study on outcomes and a compendium of articles presenting research and examples of effective... read more →