Kids spend 80 percent of their waking hours outside of school. More than 15 million—one in every four—are on their own when the school day ends, headed for the TV or the street.
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Hear Robert Walker, a parent of two children at a TASC ExpandED School, talk about how expanded learning opportunities have helped his kids and others like them: |
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That’s a huge missed learning opportunity in a country where a third of kids don’t graduate from high school. A decade of research confirms that kids are more likely to attend school, improve their achievement and take ownership of their learning when they get a chance to create, play on a team, get academic support and enrichment and explore new horizons in the hours beyond the traditional school day.
TASC works with New York City public schools to expand kids’ learning time and opportunities at a cost that can reach all students—not just the lucky few who make it into exceptional schools. But we can’t accommodate all the schools that want to work with us. So kids with the fewest advantages wait.
That’s where you can make a difference.
To give one child three hours a day of inspiration and education in arts, sports and academic enrichments, it costs:
We expand opportunities to kids with the least access and greatest potential to benefit. When you contribute to TASC, you help us bring life-changing opportunities to kids and stability to working parents.
In this moment of great need and great promise, your generous support means more than ever. Click here to donate online or download this PDF to donate by mail.
Questions? Please contact Jama Toung, Chief Development Officer, at (646) 943-8708 or jtoung [at] tascorp.org.
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