According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a.k.a. the “nation’s report card,” children in America are flunking reading. Last year, the NAEP results showed that two-thirds of children did not meet the standard for reading proficiency and that the rate had actually dropped since the previous assessment in 2017. Yet, many schools fail to incorporate one of the most effective tools for improving literacy: the read-aloud.

Afterschool programs are amazing. As a field, we daily enrich the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people with stimulating programming and eye-opening activities.

ExpandED Schools believes that New York City’s youth deserve equitable access to high quality programs that extend learning beyond the school day into afternoons filled with enrichments, new opportunities, personal development and role models.

ExpandED Schools works with community partners to provide high quality financial literacy education to middle school students through our Market Makers entrepreneurship initiative.