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Marie-Andrée Somers; Michelle Dixon; Claudia Solís-Román; Megan Schwartz; Olivia Lalanne; Bryce Marshall; Lauren Lee; Osvaldo Avila – MDRC, 2025
LifeSkills Training is the only program to prevent substance use disorder among adolescents that has evidence of effects on substance use outcomes from multiple randomized controlled trials. Evaluations have shown that the version for middle school students reduces their use of substances in high school, but these studies were conducted in the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Middle School Students, Substance Abuse, Drug Use
Miller, Julia; Evans, Ryan – Wilder Research, 2022
This report presents findings from the annual evaluation of the MacPhail Intensive Strings Program, specifically at Ascension Catholic School in Minneapolis. It includes satisfaction and outcome data for the 2021-22 school year. [For the 2020-21 report, see ED619377.]
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Music Education
Connell, Emma; Miller, Julia – Wilder Research, 2021
This report presents findings from the annual evaluation of the MacPhail Intensive Strings Program, specifically at Ascension Catholic School in Minneapolis. It includes satisfaction and outcome data for the 2020-21 school year. [For the 2019-20 report, see ED619376.]
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Music Education
McClanahan, Wendy; Hartmann, Tracey A. – Research for Action, 2017
As part of an ongoing, multi-million dollar Wallace Foundation initiative to improve and expand arts learning opportunities for young people, the Wallace Foundation, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), developed the Youth Arts Initiative (YAI) to deliver otherwise inaccessible high-quality arts programs to low-income…
Descriptors: Art Education, Youth Programs, National Organizations, Youth Clubs
Connell, Emma; Miller, Julia; Ly, Bunchung – Wilder Research, 2020
This report presents findings from the annual evaluation of the MacPhail Intensive Strings Program. It includes satisfaction and outcome data for the 2019-20 school year.
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Music Education
Connell, Emma – Wilder Research, 2018
This report presents findings from the annual evaluation of the MacPhail Afterschool Intensive Strings Program. It covers the 2017-18 school year and looks at student progress reports, academic data, and student and parent satisfaction with the program. [For the 2016-17 report, see ED619344.]
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Music Education
Miller, Julia; Connell, Emma – Wilder Research, 2021
The MacPhail Center for Music Online School Partnerships program aims to increase access to high-quality music education for students who attend schools in Greater Minnesota in order to improve student interest and knowledge in music, and to improve or maintain positive school engagement and non-academic skills. The MacPhail Teaching Artists work…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Cooperative Planning, Online Courses
Connell, Emma; Gozali-Lee, Edith – Wilder Research, 2017
This report presents findings about the MacPhail Afterschool Intensive Strings Program in 2016-17. It shows that students who participated in the program are regularly attending school, maintaining or improving their math and reading proficiency scores, and reporting that they enjoy school. [For the 2015-16 report, see ED619373.]
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Music Education
Connell, Emma; Gozali-Lee, Edith – Wilder Research, 2016
MacPhail's Online School Partnership has been providing lessons and working with schools outside the Twin Cities metro region since 2011. This report looks at how well the program is being implemented, how well the collaboration between MacPhail and schools functions, and how it can be strengthened.
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Program Implementation, Partnerships in Education
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Hector-Mason, Anestine; Narlock, Jason; Muhisani, Helen; Bhatt, Monica P. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Prior research has classified strategies to facilitate adult learners' transitions to postsecondary opportunities into five broad categories: advising, General Educational Development-plus (GED-plus), English as a second language, career pathways, and college preparatory (Zafft, Kallenbach, & Spohn, 2006). This two-part study relied on…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Adult Learning, Postsecondary Education, State Government
Connell, Emma; Gozali-Lee, Edith – Wilder Research, 2016
This report presents findings about the Afterschool Intensive Strings Program in 2015-16, which provides instruction to students with limited access to music education. The evaluation examines how participation in the program affects students' academic achievement, non-academic skills, and musical skills and knowledge.
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Music Education
Connell, Emma; Miller, Julia – Wilder Research, 2020
The MacPhail Center for Music Online School Partnerships program aims to increase access to high-quality music education for students who attend schools in Greater Minnesota in order to improve student interest and knowledge in music, and to improve or maintain positive school engagement and non-academic skills. The MacPhail Teaching Artists work…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Cooperative Planning, Online Courses
Connell, Emma – Wilder Research, 2018
The MacPhail Center for Music Online School Partnerships program aims to increase access to high-quality music education for students who attend schools in Greater Minnesota in order to improve student interest and knowledge in music, and to improve or maintain positive school engagement and non-academic skills. The MacPhail Teaching Artists work…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Cooperative Planning, Online Courses
Minnesota State Dept. of Human Services, St. Paul. Div. of Family and Children's Services. – 1999
Minnesota divides its Title IV-E-IL allocation among three components of a statewide program titled Support for Emancipation and Living Functionally (SELF). SELF is a state-supervised, county-implemented program based on the premise that youth in substitute (foster) care are at significant risk of not making a successful transition to independent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Conventional Instruction, Counseling Services