Quality
After-School Grows Up: How Four Large American Cities Approach Scale and Quality in After-School Programs
This report to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation looks into the after-school programs in four American cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Diego, to see how they handle quality and going to scale. Overviews of the programs and challenges are presented followed by studies on each individual program and discussion about the need for expansion. October 2004.
Coming of Age in Boston: Out-of-School Time Opportunities for Teens
Sponsored by Boston’s After-School for All Partnership and supported by the Barr Foundation, The Boston Foundation and the Merck Family Fund, this reports on the realities and future prospects for Boston teens regarding out-of-school time programming. Content areas within the report include Boston’s Teen Population, Race & Ethnicity, Language, School Enrollment, What Teens Want & Need, Key Elements of Effective Programming, The Current Landscape, Facing the Challenges, Positive Alternatives and a Case Study of Environmental Youth Development Programs. April 1, 2004.
Finding Out What Matters for Youth: Testing Key Links in a Community Action Framework for Youth Development
Youth Development Strategies, Inc. and the Institute for Research and Reform in Education collaborated on this report to identify what matters to youth and how conditions can be improved to address these matters. The authors define “good youth development settings” and go on to describe how youth benefit from being in these settings. November 2002.
Our Common Wealth: Building a Future for Our Children and Youth
This executive summary of the report of the MA Special Commission on After School and Out of School Time covers findings and recommendations in five key areas: 1) Building public awareness; 2) Providing information and increasing access; 3) Improving quality and supporting the workforce; 4) Fostering partnerships and collaborations; and 5) Sustaining the effort. November 2007.
A Recipe for Quality Out-of-School Time Programs
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange, from the Harvard Family Research Project, offers thoughts from experts in the field of out-of-school time on the most important aspects of ensuring quality programming. Key suggestions from eight leading experts are presented. Spring 2004.
