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Download full textSingh, Manjari – 2002
This digest presents a description of three innovative interventions designed to support student literacy acquisition outside the classroom in low resource communities. It begins with a discussion of literacy related issues in low resource environments, noting that an increasing number of children who are not acquiring a basic education live in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Coltin, Lillian – 1999
School-age children between the ages of 5 and 14 spend up to 80% of their time out of school. These hours represent an opportunity to help children grow and acquire important social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills and to help them develop lifelong interests. This time can also be used to provide support for the academic challenges faced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, After School Programs, Community Programs
Coltin, Lillian – 2002
School-age children between the ages of 5 and 14 spend up to 80% of their time out of school. These hours represent an opportunity to help children grow and acquire important social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills and to help them develop lifelong interests. This time can also be used to provide support for the academic challenges faced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, After School Programs, Community Programs
