Expand learning opportunities -- it's a critical call that we hear everywhere from the White House to state capitols to the local schoolhouse. Students need more time for learning both inside and outside of the traditional school day. Parents want their children to be able to take advantage of academically...

Earlier this month, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and dozens of school superintendents from across California gathered to talk about summer. The roundtable of education leaders discussed and strategized around ways that school districts can expand access to quality summer-learning programs in 2012.

Why...

This post is co-authored by Lucy N. Friedman, President, The After-School Corporation and Jennifer Peck, Executive Director, Partnership for Children and Youth.

Last week, Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Richard Burr (R-NC) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced five bills to...

In California and around the U.S., the public, private, nonprofit and philanthropic sectors alike are investing resources and forging new partnerships to address America's glaring education crisis in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Initiatives to bolster STEM education are becoming ubiquitous, with President Obama repeatedly emphasizing the critical...

This week in San Diego, thought leaders, policy makers and health experts are convening for the 6th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference, the nation's largest collaboration of professionals dedicated to combating child obesity, to showcase the latest research, best practices and strategies toward reducing our country's ballooning childhood obesity...

Most of us know June 21 as the longest day of the year and the first official day of summer.

But the 21 of June is also a call to action in support of our children and youth -- National Summer Learning Day, a nationwide celebration of the...

While many families are planning summers filled with educationally enriching activities for their kids, the vast majority of low-income children in the U.S. lack access to fun and beneficial summer learning opportunities.

For these disadvantaged youth, summer months can be lonely and boring, and place them at increased risk for...