The Key To Running Better After-School And Summer Camp Programs Starts With Staff Support

Behind every strong after-school or summer program is a team of staff members making decisions throughout the day. They ...
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 ...

After School Matters, Obama Foundation partner to provide programs at presidential center

Just weeks ago, After School Matters announced a partnership with the Obama Foundation to provide programs at the new ...
Education Week

After-School Programs Face Perfect Storm of Staffing and Funding Problems, Survey Finds

After-school-program providers are struggling with a host of problems as they gear up for the 2022-23 school year. At the top of the list are attracting and retaining employees and generating enough ...
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

High-Quality After-School Programs Tied to Test-Score Gains

Disadvantaged students who regularly attend top-notch after-school programs end up, after two years, academically far ahead of peers who spend more out-of-school time in unsupervised activities, ...