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How to Run a Successful Summer Learning Program

Out-of-school time programs provide incredible value to our communities and those within them, especially for working parents in need of an affordable, safe solution for their children in the summer…
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Board Goals and Management Goals…Where’s the Line?

Here’s a question that often falls into the “we don’t know what we don’t know” category for charter Boards and CEOs: Who’s responsible for which goals? Unfortunately, you might not…
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6 Steps for Better Board Recruiting

Tired of begging people to fill spots on your board? Are you having to tap into your current network to quickly get a warm body in the seat? Chances are,…
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Get Your Goals On Track!

How often do you feel like your board is being pulled and pushed in too many directions at once? If your answer is, “too often,” if you wish you could…
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8 Ways to Be a Great Board Member Today

Accepting a role with your charter school board takes dedication to the mission. But it takes more than caring enough about the education of children to be a great board…
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How to Choose the Right After-School Program Software

When the goal is to maximize the benefit K-12 students receive from after-school programs, Spending hours on complicated or monotonous administrative tasks to ensure an after school program satisfies reporting…
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How to Identify Students Newly Experiencing Homelessness at the Beginning of the School Year

This blog was updated on July 25th, 2023.  The beginning of the school year is a very busy time for school district staff, especially those working in the front office…
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Using Afterschool21 to Submit Student Data and Program Data to 21APR

With millions of children currently enrolled in after-school programs across the country, there is a great deal of data to manage and report to the federal government. A portion of…
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3 Ways 21CCLC Resources Can Be Used Beyond Funding for After-school Programs

When a grantee is considering how to use its ESSA Title IV, Part B, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21CCLC) funding, the first thing that usually comes to mind is…
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4 Tips for After-School Program Cultivation

Whether your 21st Century Community Learning Center (21CCLC) program is funded for the foreseeable future or not, it can still be a challenge to expand on current program offerings or…