Supporting Student Success: A Governors Guide to Extra Learning Opportunities

To better ensure student achievement, help youth develop essential workforce skills and support families and communities, governors are increasingly implementing comprehensive and coordinated state policies that support high-quality before- and after-school programs.

The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices has released a new guide detailing a host of these programs, also known as Extra Learning Opportunities (ELOs), available to governors and states. The report, Supporting Student Success: A Governors Guide to Extra Learning Opportunities, highlights many of the more successful state ELOs and makes recommendations for governors and other interested policymakers to consider. For more information on the report, please visit the National Governors Association website.



Framework for After-School Programs

Moving Towards Success: Framework for After-School Programs is now available from Collaborative Communications Group. The Framework is a working document developed by a committee of preeminent researchers, evaluators and program experts with funding from the C.S. Mott Foundation. It describes a theory of change approach to help guide the thinking and implementation of program goals and elements, outlines a broad range of desired participant outcomes to consider, and discusses conditions most suitable for achieving positive results that meet the needs of the after-school participants.


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