Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Older Teens Need Flexible, Creative Programs After School - Youth Today

Youth Today

Older Teens Need Flexible, Creative Programs After School
Youth Today
Little's work while at the Harvard Family Research Project showed that after-school programs boasting the best retention rates provided teens with at least five varied opportunities for leadership and sustained those opportunities for at least 12 ...



Big Class offers free book-making, after-school program - bestofneworleans.com (blog)

Big Class offers free book-making, after-school program
bestofneworleans.com (blog)
Upcoming after-school programs start March 12. Each program starts with homework help, and each has an eight week workshop followed by a four-week book-making project. Tuesday features a jazz centered project for 10-14 year olds. The program ...



After-school programs needed endangered - Morning Sentinel

After-school programs needed endangered
Morning Sentinel
After-school programs provide a safe alternative. And that's one of many reasons we need quality after-school programs -- and many more than we have now. The parents of 18.5 million children would enroll their kids in after-school programs -- if ...

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Explainer: The Hard Numbers Around After-school Programs - Youth Today

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Explainer: The Hard Numbers Around After-school Programs
Youth Today
To make this question more manageable, let's look at one type of intervention often posited to improve student results: after-school programs. (See today's story by our New York Bureau and reporting last week from Baltimore by our correspondent Kaukab ...



Parents rally to save after school programs - Ct Post

Parents rally to save after school programs
Ct Post
Rita Patterson likes the state-funded after-school program at West Shore Middle School in Milford so much she said she would be willing to pay for it. But she knows there are others who simply couldn't afford it. "They are single moms, like me, on a ...



After-School Cuts to the Quick - Youth Today

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After-School Cuts to the Quick
Youth Today
“Our families need more than a place for kids to go, they need a well-designed program, and that requires planning,” said Ford Norville, who runs eight after-school programs for the nonprofit University Settlement. “We're going to need to take time ...


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