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  • America Reads Challenge calls on all Americans to support teachers and help ensure that every American child can read well and independently by the end of 3rd grade. America Reads offers training guides for tutors, tips for parents, and information on reading initiatives about the country.
  • Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development is an international, nonprofit, nonpartisan education association committed to the mission of forging covenants in teaching and learning for the success of all learners.
  • Coalition for Community Schools--an alliance of organizations that supports community school networks.
  • CASEL--Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning.The organization researches how student's social and emotional learning contribute to their success.
  • Policy Studies Associates--conducts research in education and youth developmen.
  • The Futures Channel-- informational videos about science, engineering and technology and how they relate to the school curriculum.
  • U.S Department of Education-- The U.S Department of Education Home Page
  • EDC Guide to Professional Development of Out-Of-School Activity Leaders: We at EDC are pleased to announce the recent launch of the online Guide to Professional Development of Out-of-School Activity Leaders. This guide was designed to address the need for ongoing professional development of activity leaders by offering specific training tools for those who may want to present workshops and provide ongoing training for this audience. We expect that specific content on this site can be used flexibly depending on the needs and experience of the community-based organization with which you are working.
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NIOST is pleased to be among the forces behind the new site, SparkAction.org, an online journalism and advocacy center by and for the child and youth field. SparkAction brings together three high-traffic websites -- Connect for Kids, the Youth Policy Action Center and the National Youth Development Information Center -- to form a one-stop site for stories, news and resources across a range of child and youth issues, and high-tech, interactive tools to make your voice heard.

 

Check it out and subscribe to the biweekly e-newsletter, The Update, and see how it can help you make a difference!


SparkAction is managed by the Forum for Youth Investment in partnership with the National Collaboration for Youth and the Campaign for Youth, and with the support of a range of organizations across the country. Join the us!

 

The American Camp Association ® (ACA) is a national nonprofit association working to preserve, promote, and enhance the camp experience for children and adults. ACA endorses camp as an essential element in a child's total development. It complements the academic skills that are learned in school with experimentially-based life skills. With up to 300 health, safety, and programming standards, ACA is the only national association that accredits camps.  ACA-Accredited® camp programs ensure that children are provided with a diversity of educational and developmentally challenging learning opportunities.


For more information on Camps as Out-of-School Time Learning Opportunities click here.