Extended Learning Resources
A Practitioner's Guide: Building and Managing Quality Afterschool Programs shares practices that can help extended-learning professionals cover it all—great programming, terrific staff, positive relationships, and plenty of resources to lead and sustain successful afterschool programs. The practices are organized into the following four focus areas:
- program organization
- academic programming practices
- supportive relationships in afterschool
- achieving program outcomes
 View the guide.
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Webinar Series: Achieving Excellence and Innovation in Family, School, and Community Engagement
As part of the National PIRC Coordination Center, SEDL co-hosted a webinar series on family, school, and community engagement. The 9-part series addresses topics like school transformation, using data, and supporting successful transitions to high school. The webinars are available online.
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The so-called summer learning loss is well known in the education community. By the end of a 3-month vacation, students’ skills are an average of 1 month behind where they were when the school year ended. Moreover, low-income students often experience greater summer learning loss, and the cumulative effect of this phenomenon can contribute to an achievement gap between low-income and higher-income students. 
