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• s  outside regular school hours
  a special after-school class

• These days one of the fastest-growing markets for after-school tutors is preschoolers and kindergartners, whose parents are hoping that if their kids learn to read before first .
• The members of the Education Corps would also lead after-school programs for the 14 million students a quarter of all school-age kids who do not have a supervised activity .
• The result: a cottage industry of organized after-school pursuits lessons and tutors and clubs and teams to baby-sit and enrich.

News & Articles

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• After-school programs hit hard by cuts
  SAN ANDREAS - One after-school program in San Andreas will close later this year and another in Rail Road Flat will be trimmed due to cuts in state funding.
  June 21, 2013 - The Stockton Record
• OHM BOCES receives grant for after-school program
  After-school activities will continue for the next two years in five local school districts through a grant awarded to the Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES. OHM BOCES will receive $20,000 over the next two years to fund elementary school after-school programs. 
  June 21, 2013 - The Observer-Dispatch
• 8 after-school programs in SD get grants
  8 after-school programs in SD get grants PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Eight after-school programs have been awarded grants to provide educational opportunities for students. The money goes to support tutoring, homework help, music, arts, sports and other after-school activities.
  June 20, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in International Herald Tribune
  We'll look at everything from college affordability to after-school programs, the things that affect people's daily lives,Biden said during an interview to be broadcast Sunday on ABC's "This Week".
• Cory Booker in International Herald Tribune
  I know if I had tens of thousands of dollars, I wouldn't use them on billboards,Booker said. "I would use them for after-school programs. I would use them to help teachers get supplies."
• Oscar De La Hoya in Bizjournals.com
  Windows Vista will make a huge impact on everything from after-school homework assistance throughout the community to giving parents an opportunity to gain new skills for today's burgeoning digital work force,said de la Hoya, in a statement.