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Priscilla Little, associate director of the Harvard Family Research Project, was one of four witnesses invited to testify at the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing, After School Programs: How the Bush Administration’s Budget Impacts Children and Families, for the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor on March 11.

Youth Today covered the hearing.

Excerpt from the article:
"...stressing only test scores after school can limit overall youth development, said Harvard's Little; she cautioned that 'straight-up' academic after-school programs aren't 'sufficient.' The best outcomes, she said, come from programs that include academics as one part of a holistic approach involving other enrichment activities, like sports and arts."

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