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Gutierrez, Nora; Bradshaw, Molly; Furano, Kathryn – Public/Private Ventures, 2008
This toolkit offers program managers a hands-on guide for implementing quality programming in the after-school hours. The kit includes tools and techniques that increased the quality of literacy programming and helped improve student reading gains in the Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) initiative of The James Irvine…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Programming, Educational Administration, School Activities
Goldsmith, Julie; Jucovy, Linda; Arbreton, Amy – Public/Private Ventures, 2008
This brief presents findings that demonstrate a relationship between key approaches in Communities Organizing to Advance learning (CORAL), an eight-year, $58 million after-school initiative of The James Irvine Foundation, and the academic progress of English learners. Reported findings include: (1) Children who participated in CORAL fit the…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Implementation, Programming, Literacy
Grossman, Jean; Campbell, Margo; Raley, Becca – Public/Private Ventures, 2007
Improving the quality of out-of-school time activities and creating effective learning environments is of keen interest to practitioners, funders and policymakers. Funded by The William Penn Foundation, "Quality Time After School" identifies characteristics of after-school activities that are linked to youth engagement and learning…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Learner Engagement, Learning Activities, Program Effectiveness
Arbreton, Amy J. A.; Sheldon, Jessica; Herrera, Carla – Public/Private Ventures, 2005
Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) recently launched a multiyear study to understand the role that Boys & Girls Clubs play in the lives of early adolescents. Beyond Safe Havens, a prelude to the larger study, reviews the range of evaluations that have been conducted on Boys & Girls Clubs over the past 20 years. The report identifies the potential…
Descriptors: Youth Clubs, Early Adolescents, Program Evaluation, Institutional Research