At English-Mandarin Public School, High Test Scores, but Also Strife - New York Times
After-school programs run by private organizations may charge a fee if they are not providing necessary instruction, the city said. Shuang Wen’s after-school program is run by a nonprofit, the Shuang Wen Academy Network, or SWAN, which was instrumental

After School Clubs Provide Safe Place For Students To Flourish - msnbc.com
This week, schools around the country are celebrating those after school programs where the lights are on and the doors are open every day after school. In San Diego County, the school being featured for its successful after school programs is Orange Glen

Report: Many Chicago kids in after-school programs, but many are unsupervised - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago kids participate in after-school programs at a rate of 27 percent — nearly double the national average. That’s the good news thanks, in part, to Maggie Daley’s After School Matters program. The bad news is that 30 percent of Chicago children

Local races and school measures on the ballot, too - San Jose Mercury News
Officials said the money would help fund public safety, street repairs, after-school programs and services for seniors. — The Centinela Valley Union High School District is looking for public approval to issue $98 million in bonds to acquire school sites