A HUB
for STEM in
Afterschool

The research is clear - young people who engage with STEM in afterschool are more interested and excited about STEM.

The Afterschool STEM Hub, a project of the Afterschool Alliance, is dedicated to ensuring that all young people have access to high-quality, meaningful, and youth-centered STEM learning experiences in their afterschool programs. We are a coalition of youth program leaders, researchers, and STEM education advocates working at the intersection of practice, research, and policy to advance investment in afterschool STEM programs.

We know that good advocates need to be knowledgeable about challenges on the ground, understand what research and evidence are telling us, and be well-informed about policy conversations so that we can offer expertise and ideas for how supportive policies can be best implemented. The Afterschool STEM Hub aims to be a resource to help you navigate this terrain, whether you are looking to impact policy on the local, state, or federal level.

Become well-informed about research you can use to make your case, learn more about our federal policy work, and check out our Advocacy Toolkit for resources and tools to help you and your team advocate for investments and collaborative efforts supporting afterschool STEM!

Whether you're talking with a policy maker, a funder, potential community or school partners, or parents, there are common framing strategies that can help make a powerful argument for why afterschool and summer STEM matters. And by using materials from the Afterschool STEM Hub, your local advocacy efforts will harmonize with the efforts of advocates across the nation. In speaking a common language, we can amplify our voices, assure greater attention to these issues, and expand children's access to effective afterschool and summer STEM learning.

Please visit our About Us page to learn more about who we are.

Questions? Email us at stemhub@afterschoolalliance.org

The STEM Talk

On April 23rd, we held our second essential conversation, providing critical insights about STEM policy priorities. We also shared insights about afterschool STEM advocacy to equip you with practical approaches for navigating the current policy landscape. You can watch the webinar here! On the go? You can also listen to the webinar as a podcast here!

Afterschool STEM Quarterly Research Review

Every quarter we release our Afterschool STEM Quarterly Research Review (ASQRR) newsletter, in which we aim to provide you with the latest and most relevant findings from the field of afterschool STEM education along with relevant implications for practice and policy. Read our most recent ASQRR!

Transition Memo

We wanted to make sure afterschool STEM and its wider impact in society were top of mind for our new and returning policymakers and leaders. So we put together a Transition Memo for the new Administration, laying out a framework of necessary support. Read the full memo.