Dr. Terry K. Peterson and Dr. Deborah Lowe Vandell teamed up to highlight the evidence base that shows well-designed and well-delivered summer enrichment and comprehensive afterschool can address “learning loss,” accelerate learning and expand opportunities for student success. 

The findings are part of extensive research- and evidence-based that supports local and state leaders’ efforts to address learning loss and acceleration by investing ESSER III and other funds to expand access, as called out in the law, for “summer learning or summer enrichment” and/ or “comprehensive afterschool programs” and to improve existing opportunities in high-need neighborhoods and schools. 

Spencer Foundation and LPI have published a new report entitled Summer Learning and Beyond: Opportunities for Equitable Learning Postpandemic, which points to the need for learning environments centered on strong teacher-student relationships that address students’ social and emotional learning especially in a time where students have experiences multiple forms of trauma in the past year in the forms of the pandemic and racialized violence. 

The Center for Collaborative Solutions (CCS) is offering a FREE Webinar opportunity!

It’s time to seize the moment! Three proven strategies can combine to help us take full advantage of our post-pandemic world—helping us to lift the wellbeing of children and their families to a whole new level. 

Elevate Youth California is a statewide program supporting community leaders who are addressing substance use disorder by investing in the youth leadership development and activism of youth of color and LGBTQ+ youth.

This opportunity is part of the Prop 64 grant program managed by the Department of Health Care Services and administered by the Center at Sierra Health Foundation. This program is focused on supporting youth ages 12-26 in communities of color disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.

The U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce that registration for the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Grant Program 2021 Summer Symposium is now open!

This three-day event provides State education agencies (SEAs) and their grantees with plenary sessions and workshops with successful strategies in implementing and managing all components of the program. It also offers an opportunity for the Department to provide important updates regarding the 21st CCLC program.