Around the country, community-based organizations, often in partnership with schools and districts, are providing students with structured expanded learning opportunities. These initiatives have become even more important during the pandemic, as they support students’ development of knowledge and skills, build community and relationships, and offer valuable resources, including after-school and evening meals.

In the latest Learning in the Time of COVID-19 blog, LPI Senior Researcher Sarah Klevan writes about how Wide Angle Youth Media, a Baltimore City-based nonprofit, is providing media arts programming for elementary, middle, and high school students, including opportunities for high schoolers to produce original media campaigns and video for area businesses and nonprofits.