Afterschool and youth programs at Idaho’s Mountain Home Air Force Base support military kids and families during deployment and other transitions.

Young musicians worked hard to perfect their skills during a workshop with Jazz at Lincoln Center musicians at the Flint Institute of Music.

With funding for afterschool and summer learning programs on the chopping block, Ridgway White explains why these programs should be expanded — not eliminated.

One of eight educators nationally to be selected as a National Geographic Society fellow, Flint’s Willie Buford works exclusively with afterschool programs.

Flint Reading Corps member Shari Burdt, 76, encourages other senior citizens to use their skills and improve their communities by joining AmeriCorps.

Summer and afterschool programs in Fairbanks, Alaska, are changing how students learn.

Spoken-word artist Kayla Shannon was one of two Flint, Michigan, teens to medal in the national ACT-SO competition at the NAACP’s annual convention.

AmeriCorps member from the Flint & Genesee Literacy Network, LaDelvin Walker is a keynote speaker at the National Center for Families Learning conference.

Beyond School Bells, Nebraska’s statewide afterschool network, uses mobile makerspaces to give rural students a place to explore, tinker and build skills.