2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Out of school providers
A study of characteristics of organizations providing out-of-school time child care in the United Kingdom, including organizations' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of managers of provider organizations
Reports & Papers
21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation of projects funded during the 2004-2005 school year
An examination of the impact of children’s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories
Reports & Papers
21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation of projects funded during the 2004-2005 school year [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the impact of children’s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories
Executive Summary
Access to afterschool programs: Overcoming the barriers to getting youth "in the door"
An overview of six common barriers to children's access to and participation in after school programs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities
A book that argues for the evolution and expansion of after school programs to include more engaging and supportive content for children's learning and development
Other
Afterschool: The bridge connecting schools and communities
An examination of the role that after school progams can play in involving communities and their resources to improve children's outcomes and complement schools' approaches to education
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Afterschool: Creating pathways to college
A proposal for the use of after school programs to encourage students post-secondary academic plans and achievement
Other
Afterschool for the global age
A discussion of after school programs as settings to provide students with a global education and prepare them to compete in an international marketplace
Other
Afterschool for the global age
A discussion of after school programs as settings to provide students with a global education and prepare them to compete in an international marketplace
Other
The afterschool hours: Examining the relationship between afterschool staff-based social capital and student's engagement in LA's BEST
A study of the association of strong staff-student relationships with students' academic engagement and future aspirations in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on a survey of staff and participating students
Reports & Papers
The afterschool hours: Examining the relationship between afterschool staff-based social capital and student's engagement in LA's BEST [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the association of strong staff-student relationships with students' academic engagement and future aspirations in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on a survey of staff and participating students
Executive Summary
The after school landscape in California: Opportunities of the After School Education and Safety Program Act
A discussion of challenges encountered in the implementation of the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program Act, also called Proposition 49, with policy recommendations for the further development of after school and nutrition programs for schools
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Afterschool must no longer be an afterthought
A conclusion to a book that argues for the evolution and expansion of after school programs to include more engaging and supportive content for children's learning and development
Other
Afterschool: An opportunity to develop 21st century skills
A discussion of the use of after school programs as a platform for the preparation of students to be competitive members of the workforce within the global economy
Other
Afterschool: A powerful path to teacher recruitment and retention
A discussion of after school programs as valuable resources for teacher recruitment, teacher retention, and strengthening of the links between school and after school
Fact Sheets & Briefs
After-school program engagement: Links to child competence and program quality and content
A two-year study of variability in after school program-level engagement, and its association with both the social and academic competence of participants, and the process quality and content of programs, based on data from 141 children in 9 after school programs in a disadvantaged city in the United States
Reports & Papers
After-school programs and high school success: Analysis of post-program educational patterns of former middle-grades TASC participants
A study of the relationship of participation in after school programs in New York City middle schools to educational engagement and performance in high school, based on comparisons of program participants to nonparticipants attending middle schools with after school programs and to students attending middle schools without after school programs
Reports & Papers
Afterschool programs: Helping kids succeed in rural America
An overview of the special challenges faced by poor children in rural areas and examples of after school programs successfully meeting these challenges
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Afterschool programs: Keeping kids--and communities--safe
A discussion of the use of after school programs in decreasing youth violence and other illicit activities in the after school hours from 3 to 6 pm
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The art of democracy/democracy as art: Creative learning in afterschool comic book clubs
An examination of the issues of identity, leadership, democracy, and culture arising in after school programs in which children create comic books, and a study of the creation, participation, and associated outcomes of 129 after school comic book clubs nationwide
Reports & Papers
Building, engaging, and supporting family and parental involvement in out-of-school time programs
An examination of the importance of family involvement for out-of-school time programs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building professional development systems for the afterschool field
An overview of state and local strategies for building professional development systems for after school program workers
Other
Building quality improvement systems: Lessons from three emerging efforts in the youth-serving sector
Three case studies of quality-improvement efforts in programs providing out-of-school time services
Reports & Papers
Building quality improvement systems: Lessons from three emerging efforts in the youth-serving sector: Executive summary
A summary of three case studies of quality-improvement efforts in programs providing out-of-school time services
Executive Summary
California's afterschool expansion: The planning for implementation of Proposition 49 and considerations for planners in other states
An account of the implementation of California's Proposition 49, which funds after school programs for elementary and middle school students, carried out between summer 2005 and summer 2006, with an outline of key recommendations for advocates and planners in other states
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