The Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center (SNBC) recently released The Best of Both Worlds: Aligning Afterschool  Programs with Youth Development  Principles and Academic Standards to contribute to the growing body of  work that is deepening the quality of afterschool programming.  This  guide documents SNBC’s application of California Department of  Education content standards to innovative, project-based learning  clubs.  In so doing, this publication also demonstrates that youth development principles and standards-based education can coexist.