Most publicly-funded after school programs in California are funded through The Afterschool Education & Safety (ASES) program. Recently released documents highlight that ASES funding has remained stagnant for almost a decade while costs have been consistently increasing. ASES program costs have increased by double digits since 2006 without an increase in the daily rate (still $7.50 per child per day).

The CA Afterschool & Summer Challenge is a unique event that allows California’s after school practitioners and stakeholders the opportunity to highlight the importance of expanded learning in their communities.

Teaching Tolerance recently released Reading Diversity: A Tool for Selecting Diverse Texts. This tool can help educators navigate through text that can be selected for diversity and cultural representation. The organization also maintains a resource page (Do Something) outlining service learning projects for Kindergarten to twelfth grade.

In 2015, the National Summer Learning Association tracked 172 bills affecting summer learning. Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia passed 40 pieces of legislation affecting summer learning. Research shows that summer learning loss is a significant contributor to the achievement gap.