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 ...

What if one of the most crucial experiences for the development of school-aged children doesn’t happen during the school day at all? What if it has little to do with learning to read, sharpening math ...

Even with the school year drawing to a close, chronic absenteeism continues to be a troubling issue that should be addressed leading into summer and the 2025-26 year. The most recent data from the U.S ...

HULMEVILLE, Pa, (WPVI) -- Hundreds of children in Bucks County were treated to a picnic. 650 kids from 10 different "Out of School Time" programs came together for the day. They spent the day at ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will convene an ad hoc committee of experts to conduct a consensus study on learning and development of youth in out-of-school time (OST) ...

Tables and chairs arranged in a classroom. Senior Correspondent The after-school program disappeared from the Utah school where Jessica Langford sends her two older children, ages 7 and 9, in October ...

Manny Padia’s first job with an Arizona summer program for children changed his life when a young boy asked if he would be his father. “I had to let him know I couldn’t be his dad, but I could be his ...

1. Students practice soccer in an after-school program run by America Scores Cleveland. Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...

For the tens of thousands of young people served by out-of-school time programs across Michigan, July should be a time of growth, learning and momentum. For education-focused nonprofits like ours ...

(The Center Square) – Michigan lawmakers recently approved $75 million for out-of-school time grant programing for fiscal year 2026-27. That includes before- and after-school programs and summer ...

THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WCTV)— The Thomasville Community Resource Center was approved for continued funding to support its out-of-school time programs. The funding comes from the Department of Human ...