This report was released in August 2009 by the Alliance for a Better Community. It documents that after school programs are a key resource for English Learners citing Preliminary research on English learner student performance in after school programs shows that such programs have a significant role in increasing language acquisition rates for English learners and decreasing the time it takes English learners to redesignate into mainstream English classrooms. I also outlines how after school programs would benefit from increased training for serving English Learners, increased access to data on English Learners. The report makes four recommendations to facilitate a high quality educational experience for English learners.