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The How Kids Learn presentations are now available for viewing on our YouTube Channel

School districts, youth organizations, private funders, the State Department of Education, and afterschool advocates all participated.

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find out who came

Speakers included Paul Heckman, Michael Merzenich, Alexis Menten, Shawn Ginwright (right), youth from San Francisco's Youth Empowerment Fund, Carol Tang, Bob Cabeza and many others.

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hear from the visionaries

We invite you to view these informative and stimulating presentations and to share them with your colleagues.

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How Kids Learn Conference

On January 27th, 2012, over 180 people from across California and the country met at the David Brower Center in Berkeley to hear from experts on How Kids Learn - the first conference sponsored by the Learning in Afterschool & Summer project.

Participants included representatives from school districts, youth organizations, private funders, the State Department of Education, and afterschool advocates.

Over 60 people on the waiting list were unable to hear the presenters share their best thinking and recent research in 20 minute presentations to the audience. These presentations are now available for viewing on the How Kids Learn YouTube Channel.

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This conference is brought to you by The Learning in Afterschool Project.

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The goal of the Learning in Afterschool (LIA) project is to position afterschool programs as places for learning. The Learning in Afterschool Project is promoting five core learning principles that should define afterschool programs.
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