Section II. Expanding Skills and Horizons

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This section focuses on leading edge issues in the field and ways that expanded learning opportunities can open the traditional boundaries of education to support learning anytime and everywhere through technology, credit flexibility and recovery, and other innovative approaches. From STEM to the arts to wellness to higher-order thinking to global competence, afterschool and summer learning programs promote an array of essential competencies for today and the future.

The Importance of Educating and Developing Many Aspects of the "Whole" Child

Gene R. Carter

The Rise of Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace Learning: Afterschool and Summer as the New American Frontier for Innovative Learning

Milton Chen

Technology Makes Learning Available 24/7: Digital Learning in Expanded Learning Spaces After School and During the Summertime

Governor Bob Wise and Terri Duggan Schwartzbeck

Upgrading Afterschool: Common Sense Shifts in Expanded Learning for a Digital Age

Michael H. Levine and Rafi Santo

The Promise of Extended Learning Opportunities: New, Powerful, and Personalized Options for High School Students

Nicholas C. Donohue

Reinventing the Learning Day: How ExpandED Schools Blend the Best of School and Afterschool Through Community Partnerships

Lucy N. Friedman