The Science of Learning and Development (SoLD) Alliance is dedicated to exploring and strengthening systems and settings that bolster whole-child efforts through research, policy, and practice. It includes experts from American Institute for Research (AIR), EducationCounsel, the Forum for Youth Investment, Learning Policy Institute, Populace, and Turnaround for Children. The SoLD Alliance’s body of work bolsters the youth development field’s efforts in afterschool systems and settings to ensure that all young people have opportunities to thrive.

Their most recent brief, The Science of Learning and Development in Afterschool Systems and Settings is the beginning of an exciting conversation about SoLD in afterschool and in other systems and settings where young people learn, live, and play.