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After School Programs

Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?

Publisher: 
RAND Corporation

This paper reviews the costs, benefits, and costs and benefits relative to one another for one alternative type of investment: youth programs that are offered during the time that students are not

Getting it Right: Strategies for After-School Success

Publisher: 
Public/Private Ventures

This report has synthesized the last 10 years of findings from Public/Private Ventures

Gaining a Voice After School: Why After-School Programs are a Powerful Resource for English Language Learners

Publisher: 
Education Week

This article discusses the growing issue of English language learner (ELL) students and the benefits of after-school programs for their language development.

Afterschool.org

Publisher: 
AED Center for Youth Development

This Web site is for after school program directors, program staff, volunteers, parents, community members, policymakers, funders, researchers, and others who want to improve their after school pro

Improving After-School Programs in a Climate of Accountability

Publisher: 
Society for Research in Child Development

This research brief is a summary of a longer report, “After-School Programs and Academics: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research,” that examines program evaluation literature, observational studies, and statements of program standards for after-school programs.

Afterschool: The Bridge Connecting Schools and Communities

Publisher: 
MetLife Foundation

Education reform efforts are placing a strong emphasis on strengthening schools, but schools are not the only place where students learn and grow.

The Impact of After-School Programs that Promote Personal and Social Skills

Publisher: 
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

This report reviews the impact of after-school programs that attempt to enhance youths

Advancing Achievement: Findings from an Independent Evaluation of a Major After School Initiative

Publisher: 
The James Irvine Foundation

This report presents outcomes research on the Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) after-school initiative.

After-School Toolkit: Tips, Techniques, and Templates for Improving Program Quality

Publisher: 
James Irvine Foundation

This toolkit offers a series of practical tools and techniques program managers and staff can use to improve the quality of their after-school programs.

Afterschool Investments Project

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

To support State efforts to provide quality afterschool opportunities, the Child Care Bureau awarded a technical assistance contract on out-of-school time to The Finance Project.