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Mattel Children’s Foundation provides one-year grants of $5,000 to $20,000 each. Funds may be applied to programs or general operating costs. Applications due, June 15, 2007. For more information and an application, please click here.

New Call for Whole Child Education

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development has a new initiative that calls for a broader definition of achievement and accountability-for engaging the whole child.http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.2faf6f04644fa36557e54210e3108a0c/

Just Released: Improving After-School Program Quality

Learning how to intervene effectively to improve programs is the primary issue facing the after-school field, according to this working paper from the W.T. Grant Foundation. The authors, who include Forum Program Director Nicole Yohalem, describe new information on the characteristics and practices of successful programs. They discuss the implications of this new information for [...]