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your experience on this site better. Number 10, February 2008
After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and
What it Takes to Achieve It Priscilla M.D. Little, Christopher
Wimer, Heather B. Weiss, Harvard Family Research Project This
research brief draws on seminal research and evaluation studies
to address two primary questions: (a) Does participation in
after school programs make a difference, and, if so (b) what
conditions appear to be necessary to achieve positive results?
The brief concludes with a set of questions to spur conversation
about the evolving role of after school in efforts to expand
time and opportunities for children and youth in the 21st
century. Download the Executive Summary These two fully-designed
pages sum up the content of the complete research review in
easily digestible form. Dow