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The TASC eNewsletter is published every month and contains legislative analysis, funding opportunities, information resources, jobs, and practice ideas.

In evaluating the first year of this initiative, the research organization Policy Studies Associates found that 100 percent of the 94 participating after-school educators would recommend the college study program to a friend or co-worker.

In a paper published by The Wallace Foundation, TASC president Lucy N. Friedman writes that investments in four areas in particular could strengthen the capacity of community organizations that provide programs for kids beyond traditional school hours.

The TASC 2007-2008 Annual Report features highly accomplished people, from star chefs and astrophysicists to playwrights and tech entrepreneurs, sharing memories of what they did after school. The report describes one of the most transformative public-private initiatives in New York City history, which increased public funding for daily after-school programs from $60 million to $295 million over ten years, and increased the number of kids served annually from 10,000 to 140,000.

The TASC eNewsletter is published every month and contains legislative analysis, funding opportunities, information resources, jobs, and practice ideas.

The Collaborative for Building After-School Systems (CBASS) published this policy brief to explore Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiatives, a school reform strategy that lengthens the traditional school day or year to increase learning time.

The TASC eNewsletter is published every month and contains legislative analysis, funding opportunities, information resources, jobs, and practice ideas.

This study, funded by the C.S. Mott Foundation as part of its national research agenda in the after-school field, examined the high school performance of New York City students who participated in after-school programs sponsored by TASC while enrolled in the middle grades during school years 1998-99 through 2001-02.