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Analysis of the Harvard Family Research Project’s database of program evaluations suggests ways community-based afterschool programs can negotiate with schools to share financial, physical, social, and intellectual resources.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Christopher Wimer Margaret Post Priscilla Little
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Independent, Community-Based Organizations are threatened by the recent movement, supported by government money, to place after school programs in the same schools children attend all day. This article emphasizes the difference between community-based and school-centric afterschool programming.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Susan Ingalls
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This study investigated the ways in which the Science Mentoring Project, an afterschool program with a youth development focus and mentoring component, helped fifth-grade participants develop key competencies in five areas: personal, social, cognitive, creative, and civic competencies. Development of these competencies, in turn, positively affected participants’ school experiences. Using program observations, teacher interviews, student surveys, a student focus group, and mentor feedback forms, researchers studied how—not just whether—the project’s youth development activities affected school
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TEAM MEMBERS: Cheri Fancsali Nancy Nevarez
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Multilingual and multimodal literacy practices in a out-of-school migrant education program support Cambodian (ethnic Khmer) youth in using diverse modes of communication, revealing the intimate connections among literacy, language, culture, and identity.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Theresa McGinnis
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After school programs are uniquely suited to encouraging the kinds of sustaining “work” that help children develop their special abilities and a sense of identity.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Lena Townsend
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Afterschool staff need to be able to supervise young participants so they can engage safely in a variety of activities. Afterschool programs should create a strong procedural plan to protect young people from harm and the program from liability.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Heather Olsen Chris Kowalski
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Annual trips to the state capital to advocate for afterschool funding not only allow young people to participate in the democratic process but also foster youth development by focusing on educational goals.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Susan Blank Lucy Friedman Kathleen Carlson
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English learners are a diverse group with diverse experiences and needs. While schools focus on teaching them English, afterschool programs can build on their strengths to address their social and emotional needs.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Jhumpa Bhattacharya Jimena Quiroga
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A three-day art project in an afterschool program with no specific arts component illustrates the potential—and the challenges—of engaging children in creating art using recycled materials.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Angela Eckhoff Amy Hallenbeck Mindy Spearman
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If the schools can provide the instructional boost and afterschool can offer the engaging enrichment, students will have what they deserve: the best of both worlds.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Lisa Dilles
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Situating community-based afterschool programs on school grounds has its risks, but there can be significant rewards as well.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Joseph Polman
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This paper outlines the need for sustainable, scalable afterschool computer science programs targeting girls and describes the development of one such curriculum. Evaluation research on girls’ learning of computer science and on the capacity of afterschool staff and organizations to provide computer science programming leads to our description of a research-based approach to sustaining and scaling the program nationally—an approach that other programs might use to expand their reach and impact.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Melissa Koch Torie Gorges Bill Penuel