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Science education seems destined this year to have its highest political profile since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957. That catalytic event led to passage the following year of far-reaching federal legislation designed to boost the nation's scientific literacy and enhance its production of scientists. Today, a different catalyst - the threat to U.S. competitiveness in the global economy - has prompted calls for new government action to stimulate our once-again-faltering pipeline of young scientists.

Recent research conducted by Policy Studies Associates for The After-School Corporation (TASC) and the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) echoes what the after-school field has found over the course of the past decade, that after-school programs can contribute to increased student achievement. But, perhaps most interesting, the study found that after-school programs that helped lead to improved achievement don’t necessarily focus on academics.