Extended Service Schools
Putting Programming in Place
Year one of Wallace’s “extended service schools” effort shows promise and challenges in opening up schools for youth programs beyond school hours.
December 2000
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Ideas In Practice
- Author(s)
- Karen E. Walker, Jean Baldwin Grossman, Rebecca Raley, Veronica Fellerath, and Glee I. Holton
- Publisher(s)
- Public/Private Ventures
Page Count
83 pages
Summary
From 1997 to 2002, Wallace supported collaborations that led to 57 schools opening their doors to programming for children from low-income communities during non-school hours. This evaluation of the effort's first year finds that the programs showed promise in engaging children and teens in constructive social, recreational, and academic activities. Programs encountered difficulties, however, in finding adequate space, transportation, and other resources.
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