Critical issues in after-school programming

Author(s): Halpern, Robert;
Date Issued: 2006
Publisher(s): Herr Research Center
Description: An exploration of the role of after school programs in improving children’s literacy skills and promoting physical activity and children’s well-being, and a discussion of both challenges to developing a system of after school services and the expectations of such programs and services
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Funder(s): Robert Bowne Foundation ; William T. Grant Foundation ; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ; National Institute on Out-of-School Time (U.S.) ; Partnership for After School Education
Source: (Monographs of the Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy, Erikson Institute, Serial No. 1, Vol. 1, No. 1). Chicago: Herr Research Center. Retrieved June 1, 2009, from http://www.erikson.edu/downloads/cmsFile.ashx?VersionID=2080&PropertyID=78
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time

Service Delivery > Coordination & Integration Of Child Care & Early Education Services
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