Photo courtesy of After School Matters. Students participate in a dance class. DETROIT — A fleet of vans and a bus picked up dozens of students and dropped them off at the Downtown Boxing Gym here on ...

While many public school students remain months or years behind academically, significantly fewer are participating in supplemental academic programs over the summer and this school year. Fewer than 1 ...

Parents value after-school programs, but demand far exceeds available capacity, particularly among low- and middle-income families, a new report finds. Families want after-school programming for about ...

Fifth-grader Andreana Campbell and third-grader Kewon Wells are tending to a garden box after school at Eugene Field Elementary School in Tulsa, Okla. “I want to try this kale,” Kewon says, pointing ...