Multiple choices after school: Findings from the extended-service schools initiative: Executive summary

Author(s): Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Price, Marilyn; Fellerath, Veronica; Jucovy, Linda; Kotloff, Lauren; Raley, Rebecca; Walker, Karen E.;
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher(s): MDRC; Public/Private Ventures
Description: A study of the Extended-Service Schools Initiative, which supported the creation of 60 after-school programs in 20 communities around the country which adapted one of four out-of-school time models- the Beacon, Bridges to Success, Community Schools, and the West Philadelphia Improvement Corporation- to determine the characteristics of the children that attended these out-of-school programs, the high-quality activities offered at each, the benefits for participating youth, and the costs and financing surrounding these programs
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Funder(s): Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds
Source: Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures. Retrieved November 30, 2005, from http://www.ppv.org/pdffiles/multi-choice_ess_sum.pdf
Note: Full text also available from the MDRC Web site: http://www.mdrc.org/publications/48/execsum.pdf
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

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

Financing & Funding > Funded Areas > Child Care & Early Education
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