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Direct linkWeiss, Heather B. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2006
This issue brief looks at evaluations of 34 academically focused summer programs in order to distill challenges and compile promising strategies for creating quality summer programs. While many summer programs face similar implementation challenges, each program has different components and needs, and not every strategy is feasible or even…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Development, Personnel Selection
Little, Priscilla M. D.; Wimer, Christopher; Weiss, Heather B. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2008
This research brief draws on seminal research and evaluation studies to address two primary questions: (a) Does participation in after school programs make a difference, and, if so (b) what conditions appear to be necessary to achieve positive results? The brief concludes with a set of questions to spur conversation about the evolving role of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Research, Program Effectiveness, Extracurricular Activities
