WALLACE FOUNDATION AWARDS $6.35 MILLION TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME LEARNING
The Wallace Foundation has announced grants totaling $6.35 million to support three nonprofits to increase access to high-quality learning.
“A focus on high-quality out-of-school time programs in cities and states across the country is gaining momentum, and these grants are part of our efforts to build on progress that has been made,” said Wallace Foundation director of communities Nancy Devine. “High-quality afterschool programs and summer learning opportunities are a key part of a young person’s development and we look forward to sharing additional lessons as the work of our partners like After School Matters, PASA, and the Afterschool Alliance continues.”
Recipients are:
Wallace Foundation also has a new report on the topic: Opportunity in Hard Times: Building Out-of-School Time Learning Systems that Last. This report on a recent Wallace-sponsored conference that gathered 108 OST system coordinators, funders, researchers and others offers possible answers to that challenge, including: forging closer ties to schools, using new data systems to inform budget decisions, and making the recession an opportunity to introduce bold changes.