Are you a student at Charter Oak State College? Would you like to save a little extra on textbooks?
CONTINUE READING →This member-only benefit can come handy to your program and staff. Our library includes books, kits and videos all containing research and ideas to enhance your program.
CONTINUE READING →Family Engagement: A Guide to Tools, Strategies and Resources, a new toolkit by TASC (The After-School Corporation), lists strategies and tools to improve family engagement. Not all family engagement strategies are created equal, so this toolkit can help you determine how to create effective partnerships with families. The end of the toolkit includes a directory […]
CONTINUE READING →In a follow-up to the Wallace Foundation’s report, Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs from Urban Youth and Other Experts, released last November, a new video series documenting the interviews with scholars, researchers, and leaders that informed the report is now available. This series of five interviews with experts highlights how arts efforts can […]
CONTINUE READING →Wellness — it’s essential to living a full and productive life. It’s about keeping healthy as well as getting healthy. How are YOU doing in terms of wellness? How well are you doing in terms of helping young people get and stay healthy? Wellness is more than an absence of disease. It involves complete general, […]
CONTINUE READING →The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation recently profiled Terry Peterson (AKA “Mr. Afterschool”), chair of the Afterschool Alliance, who has spent his career working with students, parents, community groups, and elected officials to increase youth’s access to high-quality public education. Terry has been to Connecticut multiple times to support our work, and this inspirational article about […]
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