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What happens when educators and leaders give youth the opportunity to use their voices and make choices? Perrin Chick, STEM Education Specialist and ACRES Project Manager for Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, offers her perspective.

As a young person, I didn't feel smart in school. Each day I struggled with auditory-sequential instruction in the classroom—unable to articulate the internal frustrations that created.

Studies show that healthy, active children learn better, perform better academically and experience fewer behavioral problems.

In June, NAA's International Learning Exchange (ILE) took place in Rome, Italy—where there were many lessons learned, visions shared and leaders leaving feeling inspired to impact their communities. Devan Blackwell, M.A., an Executive Member of NAA, has outlined his five key takeaway ideas from the event.

As a new school year approaches, planning ahead financially is usually in the front of every afterschool leader's mind—though finding helpful resources can sometimes be a challenge.

Running head-first into the new school year can be a stressful time for the whole family. See what Erika Petrelli, The Leadership Program's Vice President of Leadership Development, has to say about confronting the unknown and the fear of "what if."

Whether your 21st Century Community Learning Center (21CCLC) program is funded for the foreseeable future or not, it can still be a challenge to expand on current program offerings or keep lights on due to budgetary limitations.

Postive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is widely used in schools because it works.

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." —Albert Einstein

We invite you to join NAA, the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) Education Policy Fellowship Program and The Freedom '64 Project for a Civil Rights Learning Journey, from Jackson, Mississippi, to Birmingham, Alabama, taking place November 25 – 28, 2018.