Afterschool and Expanded Learning Opportunities Advocacy Day!

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Join the Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership for the 8th annual Afterschool and Expanded Learning Opportunities Advocacy Day to ensure...
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Core Competencies

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Wallace Foundation Releases Core Competencies "The Wallace Foundation has made available the Strong Directors/Skilled Staff: Guide to Using the Core...
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NIOST brief on BOKS before school program

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The BOKS before school program, which is currently the subject of a two year evaluation by NIOST researchers, was recently mentioned by First Lady...
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For Kids Only Builds Data Bridges with Schools

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Published with permission from BOSTnet by Susan Vinovrski December 2012 issue of BUZZ This month BOSTnet wanted to take some time to look at how For...
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A Scientist Studies Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in Out-of-School Time Programs

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Georgia S. Hall, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, National Institute on Out-of-School Time, Wellesley College is profiled in Robert Wood Johnson...
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Afterschool Matters: An NYCWP Fellowship for Out-of-School Practitioners

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Twenty-seven educators, program administrators and funders came together on September 14, 2012 to begin a year-long journey of exploring their practice...
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Wyoming Afterschool Alliance to begin Phase III of its Quality Improvement Initiative

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For immediate releaseJune 18, 2012 LANDER, WY—The Wyoming Afterschool Alliance, an initiative of the Wyoming Community Foundation, has just finished...
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Expanded Learning: Opportunities for Partnerships with a New Twist and a New Name

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A Commentary by Ellen Gannett, M.Ed.Director, National Institute on Out-of-School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women From the latest Wellesley...
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NIOST Analyzes Youth Data for United Way and Lynn Public Schools

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The Lynn Youth Survey is part of United Way's Community By Community initiative to engage and mobilize residents to pin point and address shared...
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NIOST Collaboration Part of First Lady's Anti-Obesity Initiative

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The Y Makes Commitment to Advance First Lady's Efforts to Keep Kids Healthy CHICAGO, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- Today, YMCA of the USA...
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Finding the Right Tool to Measure Outcomes in OST Programs

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The Forum for Youth Investment, a non-profit, non-partisan action tank, has released a review of youth outcome tools. According to the Forum for Youth...
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Featured Report by Wendy Surr

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Wendy Surr's Youth Participatory Research Project was featured in the latest Research and Action Report by the Wellesley Centers for Women. The...
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Expanded Learning:  Opportunities (ELO) for Partnerships with a New Twist and a New Name

A Commentary by Ellen Gannett, M.Ed.


"ELO need not be only about more time, but how we use that time and how well we use that time. From our point of view at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time, expanded learning takes partnerships to a new level and has the potential of blurring the boundaries between in-school and out-of-school time, taking advantage of many settings in the community, not just the school campus. "


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