Tag: Afterschool Alliance

Digital Billboards From Coast to Coast Will Shine a Light on How Afterschool Programs Help Students Reach Their Potential

Stuart Mitchell

Afterschool champions led by the Afterschool Alliance, the National League of Cities, and the National Summer Learning Association are joining Clear Channel Outdoor for a large national visibility campaign across nearly 2,000 digital billboards as part of the 2025 national Lights On Afterschool rally. The ads recognize the many ways our country’s afterschool programs help students reach their potential by keeping them safe and learning after the school days ends, and providing hands-on learning opportunities, homework help, caring mentors, healthy meals and snacks, computer programming, robotics, job and college readiness, music…

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Digital Billboards Across Nation Will Shine a Light on the Many Ways Afterschool Programs Support Students, Families, Schools, and Communities

Stuart Mitchell

Afterschool champions led by the Afterschool Alliance, the National League of Cities, and the National Summer Learning Association are joining Clear Channel Outdoor for a broad-based visibility campaign across nearly 2,000 digital billboards as part of the 2023 national Lights On Afterschool rally. The ads recognize the extraordinary work afterschool programs are doing to support students, from providing homework help and caring mentors, to offering healthy meals and snacks, to keeping students safe and learning after the school days ends, to providing team-based learning activities in STEM (science, technology, engineering,…

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Discovery Education and Afterschool Alliance Debut New App to Help Students Experience Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

To help students of all ages understand social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Discovery Education and Afterschool Alliance have announced the launch of a new application for iOS products called Social Distancing Trainer. This new app, available now at no cost in the Apple App store here, brings important educational information about safe and healthy social distancing to students and teachers around the globe through the power of augmented reality. Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. Developed…

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