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Studies suggest students learn best when they feel safe.
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A new year means new goals, and fresh opportunities to reach greater heights.
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According to ASCD’s Whole Child Initiative, practicing a healthy lifestyle enables students to succeed in school, career and life.
Four Ways to Foster Positive Student Engagement
Actively engaging students in their learning helps them process and retain information, which leads to deeper thinking and problem solving.
11 Characteristics of Effective Principal-Director Partnerships
Team building develops more easily when principals and after school program directors work together on tasks of mutual importance.
Picking Up the STEAM: Incorporating Art Education into After School Programs
What role does creativity play in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)?
5 Indoor Games to Beat Cabin Fever
The National After School Association created the After School Guide to Indoor Games to provide activities that stimulate the mind and get the body moving.
How To Promote Student Learning Through Service
Moving beyond traditional community outreach, service learning offers a real-world education with many of the same benefits as project learning.
