Momentum Builds for Afterschool
By Jessica Woltjen, Outreach Manager It’s been a big month for afterschool in Georgia! Let’s back up and have a quick recap for those of you who missed the news.
Guest Blog: Making Sense of Afterschool Policy Jargon
The Afterschool Alliance has made understanding policy jargon much easier! Check out their blog explaining what you need to know as we enter a busy legislative time. Making Sense of Afterschool
Georgia Raises the Bar on Afterschool Programs
By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN, for Get Georgia Reading’s blog It’s official: The long-awaited Georgia Afterschool & Youth Development (ASYD) Quality Standards were released December 1. And this is kind of a
Defining Quality for Georgia’s Youth
By Katie Landes, Director It’s official! Today marks the release of the long-awaited Georgia Afterschool & Youth Development (ASYD) Quality Standards. Why this is kind of a big deal Over
Recap: Lights on Afterschool 2015
By Meredith Kelly, MSW Intern Throughout the week of October 19th, afterschool programs across the state joined GSAN in celebrating the value of quality programs beyond the school day that are
Congratulations Graduation Generation!
By Meredith Kelly, MSW Intern Congratulations Graduation Generation on being selected as one of six winners of the 2015 STEM Uncovered video competition! Sponsored by the Noyce Foundation and with
Lights On Afterschool 2015
By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN Lights On Afterschool is less than 3 weeks away! This week-long event, which is part of the nationwide Afterschool Alliance’s 16th annual Lights On Afterschool, calls attention to
Making the Most of Summer: The Connection between Summer Learning and Summer Meals
By Jessica Woltjen, Outreach Manager The heat is at its peak. Stores are full of notebooks and folders featuring everything from the Avengers to Elsa. Kids are getting restless. It
Every Child Achieves Act passes and strengthens afterschool programs
By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN Last week, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Every Child Achieves Act, a bipartisan bill to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA),
From Skittles to Helicopters, Zero Robotics Reshapes Space Program
By Jessica Woltjen, Outreach Manager What do you get when you combine stickers, skittles, a helicopter, funny hats and robots? A Zero Robotics field day for middle school students. On
Senate HELP Committee Votes to Save Afterschool Funding
By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN When the draft Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), otherwise known as No Child Left Behind, reauthorization bills were introduced in Congress earlier this year,
New Video: What Is 21st CCLC?
New Video: What Is 21st CCLC? By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN Have you ever wanted to learn more about what afterschool programs in Georgia look like? Wanted to tell others
Guest Blog: Don’t Terminate Afterschool Programs
Last week, GSAN Director Katie Landes traveled to Los Angeles to participate in the National Afterschool Summit at the University of Southern California. Check out the blog post by one
ESEA Reauthorization: Where is it now?
If you’ve been following the ESEA reauthorization and Voices for Georgia’s Children’s legislative updates, you have probably noticed that bills move at a very different pace in Congress than they do
GSAN’s Visit to Washington, D.C.
By Katie Landes, Director of GSAN Last week, I traveled to D.C. to join over 2,000 afterschool professionals and advocates for the National Afterschool Association’s (NAA) 2015 Convention and the Afterschool