Challenges and Opportunities in After-School Programs: Lessons for Policymakers and Funders
Contributing Organization(s): Public/Private Ventures
Author(s)/Creator(s): Jean Baldwin Grossman; Karen Walker; Rebecca Raley
Publishing Date: 2001-04-01
Issue Areas: Children and Youth
Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2001 Public/Private Ventures. All rights reserved.
School-based after-school programs are increasingly becoming the solution policymakers suggest for many youth problems: unsupervised time, poor academic achievement, gang participation, violence and drug use. As federal spending increases, policymakers, funders and the public must balance their optimism about the programs' potential with the realities of what they might ultimately achieve. As this report describes, locating these programs in schools brings many benefits, but as the experience of at least one broad-based initiative is demonstrating, it also brings challenges that should be taken into consideration as programs are planned and funded.
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Intended Audience: Policy Professionals; Researchers; Teachers-elementary; Teachers-middle school
Type/Format: CaseStudy; Policy Brief
Language code: English
Type/Format: CaseStudy; Policy Brief
Language code: English
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