Using Picture Books to Address Race and Racism
April 6, 2021 By Tarilyn Little, Program Director of Early Literacy As our world continues to reckon with the past and present of racism, educational institutions, schools, communities, and families
April 6, 2021 By Tarilyn Little, Program Director of Early Literacy As our world continues to reckon with the past and present of racism, educational institutions, schools, communities, and families
March 18, 2021 By Jacques Noisette, Director of Social-Emotional Learning Young people around the world are rising up to use their voice to make change. From Nobel Peace Prize winner
March 17, 2021 By Jailain Hollon, Marketing Associate ExpandED’s Pathways Fellowship seeks to diversify New York City’s teaching workforce by helping aspiring teachers of color prepare for success in the
March 1, 2021 By Emma Banay, Director, STEM Programs Hypothesis: Afterschool and school-day educators can team up to thoughtfully design and skillfully implement lessons that engage students in afterschool STEM. Prediction:
February 2, 2021 By Jailain Hollon, Marketing Associate London, a bubbly 8th grader at the Urban Assembly Unison School in Brooklyn is an adept communicator. Thanks to her school’s emphasis
January 11, 2021 By Jennifer Friedlin, Director of Communications Even before the pandemic and the recent outcry against systemic racism, ExpandED and its partners were thinking about how to apply
December 15, 2020 By Jennifer Friedlin, Director of Communications It 3:30 p.m. on a Wednesday during the pandemic and students are logging into an afterschool STEM class run by Community
December 7, 2020 By Kody Melancon, Director, Pathways Fellowship Curious. Passionate. Talented. Gracious. These words reflect the qualities present in a room full of Pathways Fellows, all of whom are
December 1, 2020 By Monia Salam, Work-Based Learning Program Manager For the past decade, ExpandED has been collaborating with high schools and organizations that serve New York City’s teens to create
November 9, 2020 By Taejha Richardson, Director of Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Initiative The afterschool world, like so much these days, is operating amidst a plethora of unknowns. After