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Weekly Media Roundup: April 10, 2024

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Weekly Media Roundup: April 10, 2024

Detroit Kids Dance Through School Work at After-School Program, CBS News Detroit (Michigan)

At the Let’s Dance afterschool program at Detroit’s Dufree Innovation Society, students work with teaching artists on dance routines with academic concepts built in. Afterward, the same teaching artists provide personalized tutoring and homework help. Program leaders say the activities are designed to support students academically, physically and emotionally. “The goal of the program is to build community, so they learn a lot more than just dance. They learn a lot of social skills, how to interact, how to look at body language,” lead instructor Torri Johnson told CBS News Detroit.

Operation Education: Reading and Math Improvements in Elkhart County Boys and Girls Clubs, WSBT (Indiana)

At the Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart County’s afterschool programs in Indiana, students take part in art classes, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) labs, music programs, Spelling Bee relays, Math Fact Bingo, and much more. “What we do at Club in that out-of-school time is we are able to take the learning that the kids are getting in the school and enhance it and we like to do it in a way, so the kids don’t know that they are learning in the moment, or they are applying those skills,” Tami Hicks, President and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart County, told WSBT. The afterschool programs are seeing strong results: Students’ reading scores improved by 167% last year and math scores improved by 59%.

Burke School District Adopts a 4-day Week, Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)

Thanks to a grant from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, Burke Business Promotion Council in Burke, South Dakota will support full-day afterschool programming on Fridays to help families with the school district’s transition to a four-day school week this fall. “We have had outside funded after school programs before but unfortunately the money runs out. This grant was awarded at a time when discussions about the schedule change were happening and some parents were expressing concerns about childcare that would be imposed upon them. Childcare is expensive and hard to find. This should help alleviate childcare shortfalls,” Burke Business Promotion Council’s President Kelsea Sutton told the Michell Republic.

Backing a 'BOOST' for After-School Programs, The Standard-Journal (Pennsylvania)

Last week, Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Austin Davis stopped by the Milton YMCA’s afterschool program, where he met students, toured the facility and observed the program’s enrichment activities. The visit was part of a push from the governor’s office to invest $11.5 million in afterschool in the 2024-2025 state budget. “Investing in after-school programs isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do,” Lt. Gov. Davis told the Standard-Journal. “For every kid who is enrolled in an after-school program, there are two more waiting to get in. We’re hopeful we can get Democrats and Republicans to come together to invest in Pennsylvania’s young people. Because we know that investing in our young people is a bipartisan issue and it gives young people the ladders of opportunities they need to grow up and be successful here in the commonwealth.”

Weekly Media Roundup: August 14, 2024

Virginia Designates Additional Aid for At-Risk Students, Virginia Mercury (Virginia) Beginning this fall, Virginia schools will have an additional $180 million per year to support at-risk students. A 2023 study found that Virginia provided less state funding for at-risk students than the...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/14/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 7, 2024

Chicago Touts After-School Program Growth But Cuts Funding, Chalkbeat Weeks before the school year begins, many Chicago afterschool programs are facing dramatic funding cuts as federal COVID funds wind down and Chicago Public Schools is allocating fewer resources to out-of-school time programs....

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/07/24

Weekly Media Roundup: July 31, 2024

A North Texas School District is Offering a Free Dinner Program for Students This Year, WFAA (Texas) This fall, Fort Worth Independent School District is partnering with Sodexo to provide free dinners at its afterschool enrichment programs. “We are excited about the opportunities this...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      07/31/24

Weekly Media Roundup: July 24, 2024

Davis Promotes Afterschool Programs in McKeesport Visit, The Mon Valley Independent (Pennsylvania) To celebrate Pennsylvania’s new BOOST (Building Opportunity through Out of School Time) initiative, which includes $11.5 million for afterschool, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis visited...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      07/24/24

Weekly Media Roundup: July 17, 2024

The Dog Days of Summer Drag. Summer Learning Programs Can Help, The Journal (Colorado) To celebrate National Summer Learning Week, 360 students across nine Colorado counties wrote postcards to their state lawmakers about why they love their summer learning programs. “I think summer camp is...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      07/17/24

Weekly Media Roundup: July 10, 2024

Education Matters: Central Valley Schools Are Expanding Students’ Learning Experiences,Your Central Valley (California) Thanks to a series of partnerships with county offices and Community Youth Ministries, students in the Selma Unified and Kings Canyon Unified School Districts in Fresno,...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      07/10/24

Weekly Media Roundup: July 3, 2024

Inside a Summer Learning Camp With an Uncertain Future After ESSER, Education Week More than 1,400 students are participating in Grizzly Learning Camp, a free, seven-week summer learning program run by Ypsilanti Community Schools in Michigan. It uses project-based learning – including...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      07/03/24

Weekly Media Roundup: June 27, 2024

The Surprising Reason Black Schools Face a ‘Fiscal Cliff’ This Fall, Word in Black As federal COVID emergency funds expire this fall, Black students around the country are at risk of losing access to afterschool programs and other supports that students in better-funded school...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      06/26/24

Weekly Media Roundup: June 20, 2024

Parents in Viroqua Come Together for the 'Save the After School Program' Campaign, WXOW (Wisconsin) At the McIntosh Memorial Library’s afterschool program in Viroqua, Wisconsin, students take part in outdoor games, visit local arts organizations, read to a therapy dog named Gordon,...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      06/20/24

Weekly Media Roundup: June 12, 2024

Tacoma's Late Night Summer Youth Program Aims to Curb Violence, Fox 13 Seattle (Washington) At 12 locations across Tacoma this summer, middle and high schoolers are taking part in Summer Late Nights programming held by Metro Parks Tacoma and Tacoma Public Schools. Each weeknight, teens can...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      06/12/24