When Success Coach Nedra McClyde created the after school Theater club at MS 256, she anticipated that her students’ enthusiasm would be learning about acting, writing, and playwriting. One day she decided to mix it up and taught a lesson focused on on career planning: the students created career maps, practiced interviewing skills, and played [...]

Winthrop Intermediate School is a Marketing and Legal Studies focused school. The group, whose business “Snack Attack” has been thriving selling to other after school clubs, has a steady flow of income. Snack Attack is constantly assessing their audience, and has made a huge effort to sell healthier options like Fiber Bars and 100% fruit [...]

A Look at New York State Department of Education College-Readiness Statistics In NYC, there’s a very interesting contradiction going on between high school kids passing their regents exams and graduating from High School, yet still not being able to cut it in college. Why are so many NYC public High School graduates not college-ready? Let’s [...]

I first created and implemented an after school program in 1998. It was the Clinton years and the goal for after school was to provide a safe environment for students between the hours of 3pm and 6pm. Next came the Bush years and No Child Left Behind: more after school programs, more variety of activities [...]