Parents value after-school programs, but demand far exceeds available capacity, particularly among low- and middle-income families, a new report finds. Families want after-school programming for about ...
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 ...
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 ...
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When Charlotte McDaniel’s granddaughter Jadah, a 7-grader at Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence, strolled up to her one morning and offered to make breakfast, you would’ve thought McDaniel heard the ...
The Afterschool Alliance recently surveyed 800 North Carolina parents and found that about 80% of them want their children to ...
New York City providers who run free after-school for tens of thousands of children are asking Mayor Adams for an infusion of cash — or risk closing programs. On Thursday, 62 organizations — ...
Portsmouth elementary school parents, particularly at New Franklin Elementary, are struggling to find after-school care due to program changes and limited availability. The popular MC3 program at New ...
“Parents in North Carolina are overwhelmingly agreeing that after-school programs are keeping their children safe, keeping them off screens and keeping them learning,” said Elizabeth Anderson, North ...
New York City released the first 40 sites of a citywide after-school expansion Tuesday — with the ultimate goal of making it universal. The announcement builds on news in April that Mayor Adams would ...
The Afterschool Alliance surveyed 800 North Carolina parents and found that about 80% of them want their children to go to an ...