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Richard R. Buery, Jr., the co-founder and executive director of the Brooklyn nonprofit organization Groundwork, has joined the governing committee of The Center for After-School Excellence. The mission of the Center is to build a comprehensive system of university-based professional development for the after-school workforce.

Robert D. Joffe, Presiding Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, was elected today to chair the Board of Directors of The After-School Corporation. Mr. Joffe replaces Robert K. Steel, who resigned from the board upon being confirmed as the U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance.

CUNY college presidents, New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and leaders of business, government and philanthropy met today to lay the groundwork to create the first comprehensive system of professional development for staff who work in after-school programs.

TASC President Lucy Friedman's article in "The Evaluation Exchange" describes how a collaborative after-school initiative links with universities and families to promote college and career preparation among middle school youth.

Science education seems destined this year to have its highest political profile since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957. That catalytic event led to passage the following year of far-reaching federal legislation designed to boost the nation's scientific literacy and enhance its production of scientists. Today, a different catalyst - the threat to U.S. competitiveness in the global economy - has prompted calls for new government action to stimulate our once-again-faltering pipeline of young scientists.

Recent research conducted by Policy Studies Associates for The After-School Corporation (TASC) and the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) echoes what the after-school field has found over the course of the past decade, that after-school programs can contribute to increased student achievement. But, perhaps most interesting, the study found that after-school programs that helped lead to improved achievement don’t necessarily focus on academics.

The After-School Corporation is delighted that Governor Pataki has called for an increase in funding for the Advantage After-School Program from $20.2 million to $27.5 million in the coming year.