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Promising Practices in Afterschool: Global Literacy

Asia Society

Amount: $200,000
Grant Period: 5/1/2010 to 10/31/2011
Program: Pathways Out of Poverty
Program Area: Improving Community Education
Geographic Focus: United States: United States (At Large)

This renewal grant will continue to support Asia Society in its efforts to raise awareness, build capacity, and stimulate new opportunities to integrate global literacy into afterschool initiatives. The overall goals of the project are to increase the quality and quantity of global learning in afterschool programs and enable collaboration between schools, afterschool programs, and community organizations to realize a new definition of student success in the 21st century. Specifically, the grantee will work closely with leading statewide afterschool networks and experts to further develop tools, materials and training opportunities to add to the afterschool field. In addition, Asia Society's International Studies Schools Network of secondary schools, afterschool experts, and national advisors will develop a planning process to align school-day curriculum and afterschool experiential learning to help youth achieve global competence.

Project Contact:

725 Park Avenue
New York, NY
UNITED STATES
Program Officer: Gwynn Hughes
Organizational Website: http://www.asiasociety.org
Project Website: Not Available

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