Join more than 8,000 communities and 1 million Americans in celebrating afterschool programs for this year’s Lights On Afterschool! This nationwide event, organized by the Afterschool Alliance, calls attention to the importance of afterschool programs and the resources required to keep the lights on and the doors open.  We encourage you to hold a Lights On Afterschool celebration to […]

Take Back Day events are a great opportunity for Tennesseans to prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths. October will mark the 18th National Take Back event in the U.S. and it will take place across the state on Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The service is free and anonymous. The National […]

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides recommendations for policy and practice to better support young people. By embracing a collective responsibility to build systems that account for the new knowledge we have acquired, we can ensure that millions of young people flourish and can impact society for the […]

The National Geographic GeoChallenge is a project-based, multilevel competition that empowers students in grades four through eight to develop creative solutions to today’s urgent environmental problems.  Students form teams of between four and six people and—through research, collaboration, and creativity—take action on a real-world environmental issue. Along the way, students present their ideas through mapmaking, […]