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"...the flexible nature of afterschool programs provides an excellent opportunity to support student exploration. Whether by sparking new interests or allowing students the agency to delve into their existing passions, these programs energize students and stimulate learning and engagement both inside and outside of the classroom."
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“Afterschool STEM Takes Off: Programs Offer More STEM Than Ever, But Too
Many Young People Still Miss Out,” is based on research funded by Overdeck Family Foundation. The foundation partners with education organizations dedicated to helping more children enter school ready to thrive, succeed in literacy and math, and develop the skills and agency to shape their futures. |
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August 2021 Hawaiʻi After 3 PM STEM: Opportunities for STEM learning in Hawai’i afterschool programs and summer camps
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December 2020 Hawaiʻi After 3PM: The number of students left without afterschool in Hawai'i is on the rise
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March 2020 Afterschool Alliance: This is Afterschool in Hawaii
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“...shows that an estimated 24 million children in the U.S. did not participate in any structured programming last summer, highlights the inequities in who can access summer learning. While most surveyed families with a household annual income of $100,000 or more report their child did participate in summer programs in 2023, only 38 percent of kids from families with less than $50,000 in annual income were able to attend summer camps or other summer enrichment activities. Gallup’s survey shows that cost is the greatest barrier for parents who want their child to engage in summer programming but had to forgo or limit their participation last summer, finding that 32 percent of all K-12 parents in the U.S. couldn’t send their child to a summer program because it was unaffordable.”
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