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What’s Next For After-School? Expanded Learning Time (New York Nonprofit Press, 7/28/08)
July 28, 2008
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After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and What it Takes to Achieve It
Lucy N. Friedman, President of The After-School Corporation (TASC), published a commentary in the New York Nonprofit Press on expanded learning time. The article cites Harvard Family Research Project's research brief, "After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and What it Takes to Achieve It."
Excerpt from the article:
"And after reviewing a decade’s worth of after-school research, The Harvard Family Research Project recently concluded that high-quality, well-implemented programs benefit children in documented ways, including their academic achievement. The common thread among successful programs was 'not just that the programs intentionally tried to improve academic performance and therefore offered academic support,' the researchers wrote, 'but that they combined it with other enrichment activities to achieve positive academic outcomes.'"
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