These commentaries offer a range of perspectives on the importance of afterschool and summer learning opportunities:
- As Erik Peterson of the Afterschool Alliance notes in Child nutrition policy proposals focus on afterschool and summer learning programs, quality afterschool and summer programs nourish not only children’s brains, but their bodies.
- In Inclusive Out-of-School Time, the New York State Afterschool Network calls attention to an often neglected aspect of the issue – inclusion of the millions of US children with disabilities.