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 ...

Incorporating social and emotional learning (SEL) throughout the school day has risen in popularity over the last few years, especially to counteract the increasing rates of anxiety and depression in ...

While many public school students remain months or years behind academically, significantly fewer are participating in supplemental academic programs over the summer and this school year. Fewer than 1 ...

Behind every strong after-school or summer program is a team of staff members making decisions throughout the day. They ...

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 ...

Just weeks ago, After School Matters announced a partnership with the Obama Foundation to provide programs at the new presidential center.

A “friendship web” of purple yarn anchored by the hands of a dozen students in the after-school activity illustrated a common connection: They are all military children. The Three Oaks Elementary ...

Despite some initial conflict with peeved-off parent-teacher associations (PTAs), the Santa Barbara Unified school board adopted a new bundle of after-school enrichment programs on Tuesday. Soon ...