The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
After School Can Be Key To Students' Success (The Providence Journal, 4/08/08)
April 4, 2008
The Providence Journal writes about the Providence After School Alliance (PASAP) Middle School Forum, a day-long event that covered recruitment and retention strategies in out-of-school time (OST) programs. It drew national and local leaders, including Mayor David N. Cicilline, who posed questions to a panel of OST experts, inlcuding HFRP's Priscilla Little.
Excerpt from the article:
"Priscilla Little, associate director of the Harvard Family Research Project, said research has shown that teenagers want new challenges and new relationships. They want to take risks as long as there is an adult who can rein them in.
'They want autonomy — with a leash,' Little said. 'They want opportunity and safety.'
The best after-school programs, she said, are able to walk that fine line."
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