A new issue brief from the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) highlights ten years of research demonstrating the value of afterschool programs, and poses a series of forward-looking questions for program providers.
"After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and What It Takes to Achieve It," by Priscilla M.D. Little, Christopher Wimer and Heather B. Weiss is the tenth in HFRP's series of issue briefs covering a variety of topics related to afterschool research and evaluations. It highlights key research on afterschool programs' impact on academic success; social and emotional development; drug, alcohol and sex prevention; and health and wellness.
The brief identifies key building blocks for program success, including quality programming, sustained participation, partnerships with schools and community organizations, family participation and more. It concludes by framing a series of questions for the afterschool community. Among them: how to ensure that effective afterschool practices are broadly implemented, and how programs can work with schools and community partners to "ensure a complementary array of learning and developmental supports."
The brief is part of HFRP's "Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation" series.
Reprinted from the Afterschool Alliance.
Friday, April 4, 2008
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