21st CCLC/ASOST Resources

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• Afterschool Alliance — The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of out of school time school programs and advocating for quality and affordable programs for all children.

• Beyond the Chalkboard — Created by the Boston Children's Museum, Beyond the Chalkboard is a free, online multidisciplinary curriculum created specifically for afterschool teachers. This curriculum offers hundreds of high-quality, engaging activities that were created over years of work with afterschool programs across the country.

• Doing What Works — Doing What Works is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) was created in 2002 to be a central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education.

• Edutopia — Published by The George Lucas Educational Foundation, Edutopia is dedicated to transforming the learning process by helping educators implement six core learning strategies. These strategies — and the educators who implement them — are empowering students to think critically, access and analyze information, creatively problem solve, work collaboratively, and communicate with clarity and impact.

• Every Hour Counts — Expanding Learning, Expanding Opportunity- Promotes Building of Expanded Learning Systems

• Forum for Youth Investment — Informed by rigorous research and practical experience, the Forum forges innovative ideas, strategies and partners to strengthen solutions for young people and those who care about them.

• Mizzen by Mott — inspires, engages and sparks learning in young people. With activities from premier organizations like Jazz at Lincoln Center and powerful management tools, this new app can help you strengthen your afterschool program. Supported by the Mott Foundation, Mizzen is available at no cost to afterschool professionals.

• NASA for Educators — Browse this alphabetical list for items of interest to educators. Locate top level sites for interesting topics, education pages for NASA missions, print materials, and other hard-to-find pages that offer resources for educators.

• PBS Kids Plum Landing — Take your kids on fantastic adventures to explore our world with PLUM LANDING, an exciting environmental science project from WGBH Boston that helps kids develop a love for, and connection to, this amazing and beautiful planet we call home. PLUM LANDING offers children ages six to nine and their families a collection of fun and engaging games, apps, videos and hands-on activities, to do online as well as outdoors.

• The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) — CASEL is a not-for-profit organization that works to advance the science and evidence-based practice of social and emotional learning.

• The Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership (MAP) — MAP is a statewide partnership dedicated to improving quality and resources for afterschool, summer and youth programs across the state.

• YouthLearn — YouthLearn is an initiative that offers youth development professionals and educator's comprehensive services and resources for using media and technology tools to create exciting learning environments.

Last Updated: June 23, 2025