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Make Your Beach Vacation A Learning Experience

Post author:Taylor Cooper
Post published:July 19, 2016
Post category:Featured Inspiration STEM Summer Learning
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Making your next trip to the beach enjoyable as well as educational for your children is easier than you think. It’s just a matter of exploring and making use of…

CT student wins national top honor

Post author:Rose Dugas
Post published:July 5, 2016
Post category:Featured Inspiration Quality STEM
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Did you know that Connecticut sent 55 winning students from the Connecticut Invention Convention to the National Convention and tied with Ohio for the most awards received? Makes you proud. …

Happy Father’s Day – 5 Ways Father’s Matter

Post author:Rose Dugas
Post published:June 19, 2016
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Fathers make important contributions to their kids' development---and do so in ways that are different from mother's contributions. Fathers are more likely to use advanced language around young kids, which…

The Families that can’t Afford Summer

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:June 17, 2016
Post category:Advocacy Featured Inspiration Research
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WHAT are your kids up to this summer? Sounds like a casual question. But for working parents at this time of year, it’s loaded. What have you managed to pull…

Super Summer …… Five ways your community can #KeepKidsLearning

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:May 10, 2016
Post category:Featured Inspiration Leadership Quality Summer Learning
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How would our communities look, feel and achieve differently if every child, not just those with means, had a place to eat and a way to keep learning over the…

Afterschool Professionals Week

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:April 13, 2016
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Celebrate Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week April 25-29! #heartofafterschool Afterschool programs make a difference in the life of a child. Afterschool programs offer youth opportunities for enhanced education. At the…

Invest in after-school programs to ensure Connecticut’s future

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:March 29, 2016
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Mark Fopeano is the Program Manager at Dwight Hall at Yale. Like all of us he knows the hard decisions that the legislature has to make in order to balance…

Beyond the Bell

Post author:Marla Berrios
Post published:February 19, 2016
Post category:Featured Inspiration Leadership Member Benefits Research Resources

Are you new to the after school field and expanded learning? Maybe you want to make big or small changes to your existing program. Beyond the Bell will help you! (more…)

Summer Fun!

Post author:Marla Berrios
Post published:February 5, 2016
Post category:Inspiration Member Benefits Programming Research Resources

The summer every kid dreams of and every grown-up longs for…Summer Fun! Susan Williamson, longtime children’s book editor and teacher, has captured that elusive combination. (more…)

STEM Learning Webinar

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:January 25, 2016
Post category:Events Featured Inspiration Leadership Programming Resources STEM Webinar

STEM Learning 2016: Collaboration, Communications and Curriculum to increase opportunities for young people - Welcome to the future of STEM Learning, where new opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…