The Kalamazoo Youth Development Network (KYD Network) hosted its annual "Lights On Afterschool" event Thursday night to showcase the impact of after school programs on local communities. The ...

STEM afterschool programs' benefits extend to friend groups. Story by Deann Gayman • 3d. ... Additionally, the research, which surveyed 421 middle school students, ...

About 80 percent of students said their STEM career knowledge increased because of an after-school program, and 90 percent of teachers and facilitators said they saw improved science proficiency among ...

The proposed integration of youth mental health in after-school programs is transformative, but the benefits can only be maximized if LEAPS funding is expanded to reach and sustain programming for ...

“I think the benefit of after-school programs is that continuous engagement and just the challenging of their mind and imagination,” Derek Miller, a Kalamazoo parent, told FOX 17.

Schools in Maine have been at the center of a political battle with the Trump administration. Now, many fear after-school programs, critical for low-income communities, could be lost.

Programs that rely on the money were expecting it to be distributed July 1, but an Education Department notice said otherwise ...

The Trump administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants for afterschool and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more ...

SPRINGFIELD — Advocates for after-school programs that provide tutoring, recreation and other services made their case again Tuesday for a $50 million state appropriation to restore programs in ...