More time, more enrichments, more support. This is what sparks joy in learning. This is what helps curious and creative youngsters evolve into successful, confident adults.

What do we do with an expanded day? Create more joy. Spark curiosity. Uncover new talents. Close the learning gap.

Here are highlights from the ExpandED Salon, where Soledad O’Brien talks with YouTube creators about the changing landscape of information access, and learns from Dale Russakoff what went wrong with Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million gift to Newark schools.

Early astronomers reimagined time to give us an extra day every four years. We reimagine time to give kids extra learning every day of the week. By adding time and enrichments to the school day, we help close the learning gap. It’s like every day is Leap Day in ExpandED Schools.

3,800 books. That’s what our middle school students read in one year outside of the traditional school day, thanks to the help of our literacy tutors. These community members don’t just support young readers. They enhance young lives.

Remember what it was like to leave grade school for the shockingly adult life of 6th grade? You had to be alert, diligent, hardworking. You had to keep track, keep up and keep going through the highs and lows. In our 2013 Annual Report, we introduce the launch of Middle School ExTRA, one of the nation's largest efforts to re-engineer the outdated school day by focusing on this critical turning point.

Kids singing the praises of a longer school day? Absolutely. Hear in their own words, along with educators, why expanded learning time is so important.

Classroom teachers (charged with meeting science and math standards) and after-school educators (charged with providing additional enrichment) can join together to spark interest and cultivate curiosity in STEM subjects.

Through our ExpandED Options initiative, New York City high school students get academic credit for learning career-related skills that lead to paid summer jobs.