The National Institute on Out-of-School Time has published its Fall 2020 issue of Afterschool Matters. 

“The articles in this issue of Afterschool Matters reflect the broad range of program activity, scholarship, and youth outcomes research in the OST field. We continue to do all this work—summer and STEM programming, digital badging, project-based learning, mentoring, social and emotional skill building, and volunteer management—whether we are in person or remote! If there is one clear vision for the OST field in 2020, this is it: We are going to carry on.”

Articles Include:

• Social and Emotional Learning in Afterschool Settings; Equity Evaluations, Recommendations, and Critiques 
• Teacher, Researcher, Designer; Science Museum Internships Expand What Counts as STEM
• Digital Badges Forging Connections Between Informal and Higher Education
• Balancing Acts; Managing the Tensions Inherent in Long-Term Youth-Led Projects
• From Downtime to Prime Time; A Funder’s Role in Enhancing Summer Learning
• Monitoring the Experiences of OST Volunteers; The Mixed-Method, Open-Ended Volunteer Experiences (MOVE) Assessment
• Teens in a Digital Desert; Digital Media Literacy in an Arizona OST Program
• Group Mentoring and Identity Formation for Young Men of Color; A Case Study

Afterschool Matters is a national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting professionalism, scholarship, and consciousness in the field of afterschool education. Published by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time with legacy support from the Robert Browne Foundation, the journal serves those involved in developing and running programs for youth during the out-of-school hours, in addition to those engaged in research and shaping policy.