Afterschool Matters Journal
Afterschool Matters is a national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting professionalism, scholarship and consciousness in the field of afterschool education. The journal serves those involved in developing and managing programs for youth during the out-of-school time hours and those engaged in research and in shaping youth development policy.
Afterschool Matters is part of the Afterschool Matters Initiative and is published 2-3 times per year by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) with support from the Robert Bowne Foundation. View recent issues or Browse by topic.
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Afterschool Matters Editorial Review Board
Ken Anthony, Connecticut Afterschool Network
Annessa Bontrager, Share Our Strength
Rudy Garcia, Pussycat Foundation & BridgeUP OST Program
Ian Hippensteele, Sea Education Association
Anne Lawrence, OST learning specialist
Rebecca Lee, Harvard School of Public Health
Anthony Pound, New Victory Theater
Julia Rugg, Wings
Emily Ustach, New Urban Arts
Jocelyn Wiedow, Sprockets Saint Paul
Spring 2023
- College Access Through Youth-Led Afterschool Programming
- Promoting Mental Health Careers and Improving Mental Health Outcomes Among Latinx Youth
- Emotional Intelligence and Workplace Stress Among Afterschool Supervisors in Low-Income Communities
- How Clean Is My Water?
- Connecting Afterschool Program Quality to Social, Emotional, and Literacy Skill Development
Spring 2022
- Welcome from the Managing Editor of Afterschool Matters, Spring 2022
- Strong Start, Strong Readers
- Supporting Afterschool Literacy
- Playful Learning Landscapes
- Museums and Community-Based Organizations Partnering to Support Family Literacy
- Coaching for Early Literacy Support
- Coaching to Improve OST Literacy Programming
- OST Program Strategies to Promote Literacy Skill-Building
- Partnering for Literacy Impact
Spring 2021
- Welcome from the Managing Editor of Afterschool Matters, Spring 2021
- Disconnecting and Reconnecting
- Integrating Arts with STEM to Foster Systems Thinking
- Undergraduate Motivations for Participating in Afterschool Programs
- Designing Professional Development Resources to Meet the Needs of OST STEM Educators
- Black Girls Create
- Exploring STEM Engagement in Girls in Rural Communities
- Data Is Delicious!
- Mind the Gap
- Overcoming Barriers Through Collective Impact
- The Magic of Afterschool
- The Intersection of Belonging and Equitable Outcomes
Fall 2020
- Welcome from the Managing Editor of Afterschool Matters, Fall 2020
- Social and Emotional Learning in Afterschool Settings
- Teacher, Researcher, Designer
- Digital Badges Forging Connections Between Informal and Higher Education
- Balancing Acts
- From Downtime to Prime Time
- Monitoring the Experiences of OST Volunteers
- Teens in a Digital Desert
- Group Mentoring and Identity Formation for Young Men of Color