Introduction

Resources

	Management
	Communication
	Programming
	Integrating K-12 and After-School Programs
	Community Building/ Collaboration
	Evaluation

Appendices

	Title Index
	Web Sites

For More Afterschool

National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning Web site

Critical Hours, After-School Programs and Educational Success (New in 2nd Edition)

Beth M. Miller

Critical Hours explores the links between after-school programs and positive youth development, particularly during early adolescence. Based on research findings on after-school programs and promoting learning, the report makes the following conclusions: youth benefit from consistent participation in well-run, quality after-school programs; after-school programs can increase engagement in learning; after-school programs can increase educational equity; and after-school programs can build the key skills necessary for success in today's economy. Each of these conclusions is backed by specific research studies and evaluations of after-school programs in the report. Critical Hours also examines three of the most common approaches to enhancing the academic impact of programs: homework time, linkages with the school day, and literacy development. (118 pages)

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