Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success

It is a given that today's level of student learning will directly impact our future economic and civil well-being. Yet, too often, educators and our public schools, serving almost 50 million students, seem to be under attack, underappreciated, and often underfunded. This is not the way to prepare our nation - and our nation's children - for the future. We need to find a set of strategies and tools both to support them and to accelerate learning.

Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success presents an impressive and significant body of work that comprises almost 70 reports, research studies, essays, articles, and commentaries by more than 100 authors representing a range of researchers, educators, policy makers, and professionals in the field, as well as thought leaders and opinion influencers. Collectively, these writings boldly state that there is now a solid base of research and best practices clearly showing that quality afterschool and summer learning programs - including 21st Century Community Learning Centers - make a positive difference for students, families, schools, and communities.

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