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Setting the Stage: Practical Ideas for Implementing High-Quality Afterschool Arts Programs
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Hartmann, Tracey; McClanahan, Wendy; Pierce, Jill – Research for Action, 2023
Youth benefit from involvement in the arts. At the same time, youth from families with low incomes are about half as likely to have access to arts instruction as youth from families with more resources, due to cuts in arts education which disproportionally affect schools in under-resourced communities that have been economically and socially…
Descriptors: Art Education, After School Programs, Program Implementation, Educational Quality
Participation and Outcomes in Out-of-School Work-Based Learning: Evidence from ExpandED's STEM Options Program. Research Report
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Clare Buckley Flack; John Sludden; James J. Kemple – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2024
There is currently a heavy emphasis on career-connected learning for high school students in New York City. ExpandED Schools' science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Options (ES Options) program predates the newest of these initiatives. Launched in 2019, ES Options combines a credit-bearing STEM apprenticeship in the spring with a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Work Experience Programs, STEM Education, Student Participation
Addressing Structural Barriers to High School Graduation: Examining the Impacts of the Éxito Program at Kensington Creative and Performing Arts
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Research for Action, 2022
Earning a high school diploma is a milestone that has been linked to many later life outcomes, from employment to incarceration to physical health, and impacts society as a whole through tax revenues and government spending. Yet, youth leaving school prior to obtaining a diploma remains a challenge nationwide, particularly in large cities. Given…
Descriptors: Barriers, Graduation Rate, High School Seniors, After School Programs
Design2Learn: Implementation and Impact Study. Research Report
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Fancsali, Cheri – Grantee Submission, 2021
Design2Learn (D2L) is a NYC-based afterschool program aimed at increasing middle school students' interest, engagement, and achievement in science. Designed by ExpandED Schools, D2L centers around three core strategies: (1) collaborative teaching between an in-school science teacher and two afterschool educators; (2) curricular bridging, which…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Science Education, Middle School Students, Minority Group Students
Design2Learn: Implementation and Impact Study. Research Report
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Fancsali, Cheri – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2021
Design2Learn (D2L) is an afterschool program aimed at increasing science interest, engagement, and achievement among middle school students who historically have been underrepresented in STEM. The D2L model, designed and implemented by ExpandED Schools, uses three core strategies to foster students' interest and engagement in science: (1)…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Science Education, Middle School Students, Minority Group Students
Raising the Barre & Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization
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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