| A New Day for Youth: Creating Sustainable Quality in Out-of-School Time |
| Harvard researcher Gil G. Noam asserts that the ability of OST providers to offer high-quality OST programming rests on strong leadership, staffing and their activities for children. Noam therefore ... |
| http://www.wallacefoundation.org/wallace/whitepaper_noam.pdf |
| A Place to Grow and Learn: A Citywide Approach to Building and Sustaining Out-of-School Time Learning Opportunities |
| The need for learning to continue beyond the school day has gained increased attention and funding in recent years, but millions of children still lack access to high-quality out-of-school time ... |
| http://www.wallacefoundation.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/WF/Knowledge%20Center/Attachments/PDF/APlacetoGrowandLearn.pdf |
| After-School Grows Up, How Four Large American Cities Approach Scale and Quality in After-School Programs |
| In the last decade, initiatives to create, expand and improve afterschool services for young people have become more typical in large cities across the United States. However, the field is ... |
| http://www.theafterschoolproject.org/RepoProg-list0.html |
| After-School Programs in Boston- What Young People Want |
| Summary: In a newly updated report commissioned by Boston’s After-School For All Partnership, teenagers (in both focus groups and direct surveys) describe what they want to see in after-school programs. ... |
| http://www.teenempowerment.org/pdfs/After-Schoolstudy.pdf |
| After-School Toolkit: Tips, Techniques and Templates for Improving Program Quality |
| This toolkit offers program managers a practical, hands-on guide for implementing quality programming in the after-school hours. The kit includes the tools and techniques that increased the quality of literacy ... |
| http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publication.asp?section_id=30&search_id=0&publication_id=228 |
| America After 3PM |
| Developed by the Afterschool Alliance, America After 3 PM is the most in-depth study ever to explore how America's children spend their afternoons. The original study was released in 2004, ... |
| http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/AA3PM.cfm |
| Challenges and Opportunities in After-School Programs: Lessons for Policymakers and Funders |
| This brief report describes program realities and discusses issues that policymakers need to think through when shaping their after-school initiatives. |
| http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/120_publication.pdf |
| Documenting Progress and Demonstrating Results: Evaluating Local Out-of-School Time Programs |
| The Harvard Family Research Project has collaborated with the Finance Project on the third in a series of research briefs on evaluation in out-of-school time. This brief provides practitioners of ... |
| http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/resources/index.html#local |
| Engaging Adolescents in Out-of-School Time Programs: Learning What Works |
| This brief summarizes an American Youth Policy Forum that took place on October 7, 2005 on Capitol Hill, as reported by Andrew Mollison. The brief discusses the benefits of participation ... |
| http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2005/fb100705.htm |
| Evidence for action: Strengthening after-school programs for all children and youth: The Massachusetts out-of-school time workforce |
| This research brief, Evidence for Action, uses currently available data to outline the characteristics of the OST workforce in Massachusetts, and begins a discussion of the professional development needs of ... |
| http://www.bostonbeyond.org/_assets/pdf/ostworkforce.pdf |