PASA and PPSD were thrilled to have our collaborative AfterZone Summer Scholars program chosen as a Learning Matters feature on PBS Nightly News this summer! The Learning Matters film crew spent a week with PASA, PPSD, Save the Bay, and Audubon Society of Rhode Island learning all Read More …
Category: In the News
Let the Digital Validation Begin!
With all the national conversation going on about expanded learning, digital learning, and badges, everyone wants to know one thing: What will it look like? PASA contributed to the conversation last Thursday when we unveiled our digital badge and high Read More …
What’s Expanded Learning? Fun!
Students from the Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex are getting credit for designing video games at AS220. Check out what they’re learning!
PASA’s Badges Win Big in San Francisco!
PASA’s “Pathways for Lifelong Learning” entry won the national Digital Media and Learning competition, sponsored by the MacArthur and Mozilla Foundations! Hub director Damian Ewens, and Hub technology coordinator Kerri Lemoie travelled to San Francisco to present the project with 500 other entrants Read More …
The Hub Wins Stage 2 MacArthur Competition
The Hub was just announced as one of the Stage 2 winners in the MacArthur Foundation competition, Digital Media and Learning: Winning Innovators and Thought Leaders Designing and Redefining 21st Century Learning! Click on the image to the left Read More …
Public/Private Ventures Releases Three-Year Evalution of the AfterZone
AfterZone: Outcomes for Youth Participating in Providence’s Citywide After-School System by Tina J. Kauh August 2011, 92 pages This report presents findings from a three-year quasi-experimental evaluation of the AfterZone—a citywide system-building effort in Providence, RI, that aims to provide high-quality, accessible out-of-school-time Read More …
Providence Lead Story in Education Week
Nora Fleming highlighted Providence as part of a larger discussion around what recent Federal legislation could mean for expanded learning. The Push is on to Add Time to School Manny Babbitt, 12, studies the foliage while he and other Read More …
Asheville, NC Inspired by Providence
Thanks to Travis Herbert, Campus Director of Asheville’s In Real Life program, for sending along this fantastic video of all the hard work they’re doing! Travis attended PASA’s City Institute last November to learn more about how Asheville could build Read More …
League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Features the AfterZone Expanded Learning Model
What does expanded learning look like? An essential component of ELO for older students is its ability to restructure the learning environment to cater to more complex schedules and provide nontraditional learning experiences. Activities such as community service, internships, leadership exercises, civic engagement activities, college preparation Read More …
New Report Shows After-School Programs Affect Students’ Interest in STEM
Dynamic expanded learning environments where hands-on, inquiry-based models take front and center, and where science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is a key part of the experience, benfits young people and helps change attitudes about their futures. For the past Read More …