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 ...
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

Schools Used ESSER Funds for After-School Programs. What Happens When the Money Runs Out?

School districts across the United States invested some of their federal COVID relief funds into after-school and summer programs to help support their students’ academic and social-emotional needs.
Chicago Tribune

After-school programs on the chopping block due to delayed funding disbursement

The 3 p.m. bell at Telpochcalli Elementary marked the start of students’ and teachers’ favorite hours. Students played instruments under the guidance of their musically talented educators and swirled ...
Miami Herald

After-school programs give students safe, healthy and active place to learn and interact

In the time between the bell ringing for the end of the school day and when parents get home from work, there is a whole world of possibility for kids to get a jump start on homework, build their ...
PBS

After-school programs have either been abandoned or overworked during the pandemic

"I like building stuff," said 11-year-old Isabella Martinez, describing the appeal of her science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) after-school program, Girlstart. "In school we don't really ...

Marshfield Boys & Girls Club expands after-school program to middle school

The Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield will begin its first after-school program for seventh- and eighth-grade students Sept. 28 ...