Harvard Law Grad Helps Low-Income Students Aim High (Christian Science Monitor) A Queens-based afterschool program is helping low-income students apply to and prepare for elite higher education. Legal Outreach offers... read more →
At the beginning of each year, most of us set personal goals that we would like to accomplish. Although the list of New Year’s resolutions vary from person to person,... read more →
By Roger Figueroa, program coordinator at Latin American Youth Center - Maryland Multicultural Youth Center. The transition for rising ninth graders is one filled with twists, turns, pitfalls, and barriers: the... read more →
By Harli Jo McKinney Welcome to our new blog series introducing the inaugural class of Youth Ambassadors! Building on the success of the Afterschool Ambassadors program, the Youth Ambassadors program... read more →
Neighborhood Center Is a Hit with Residents (Chico Enterprise-Record, California) Anaheim’s new community center at Ponderosa Park is attracting locals of all ages to its afterschool programs, nutrition classes and... read more →
A new report from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and The Wallace Foundation, "Review of Evidence: Arts Integration Research Through the Lens of the Every Student Succeeds Act," explores... read more →
Federal afterschool policy in 2017 had ups and downs, and plenty ‘firsts.’ It was the first time a president proposed complete elimination of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative – the primary source of federal... read more →
As the Afterschool Alliance team wraps up the last of our 2017 to-do items, we reflect back on a year that can only be described as ‘eventful’! News from the... read more →
Since the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) originally passed in December 2015, afterschool partners have been able to use their expertise in youth development to build on the newfound flexibility... read more →
It’s almost January. As many state legislatures prepare to begin new legislative sessions, it’s a good time to look at the 2017 state policy year in review. In afterschool policy,... read more →