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Watch After-School Vouchers Get Shot Down in Congress

It was billed as a congressional hearing about vouchers for after-school programs, but it was more akin to a grand jury proceeding,...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Watch out for Fake GEDS

Those working with dropouts who want to get their GEDS should be aware of a growing Web scam. Companies have been selling...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Superman Finds New Fans among Reading Instructors

The New York Times Comics-based literacy programs have spread since their creation six years ago by graduate students at Columbia University. The...

Opinion

Let’s Stress the Fun in Fundamental

Everyone knows that reading is fundamental; we even have a national organization by that name. Yet a recent report from the National...

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Numbers and Rates of Public High School Dropouts: School Year 2004–05

National Center for Education Statistics The high school dropout rate was 3.9 percent for the 2004-2005 school year – similar to the...

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Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007

U.S. Census Bureau Thirty-three percent of 26- to 29-year-old women have a bachelor’s degree – an increase of 6 percentage points since...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Process Evaluations: A Guide for Out-of-School Time PractitionersOutcome Evaluations: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Practitioners

Child Trends8 and 12 pages, respectively. Free. The first of these two briefs explains process evaluations and clearly outlines methods for conducting...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Center for After-School Excellence

www.afterschoolexcellence.org Launched last fall by The After School Corporation (TASC), the site provides up-to-date information on New York-based certificate programs, continuing education...

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When Girls Don’t Graduate, We All Fail

National Women’s Law Center Female dropouts earn significantly lower wages than male dropouts, are at greater risk of unemployment and are more...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Afterschool Matters: Creative Programs That Connect Youth Development and Student Achievement

Edited by Sara Hill Corwin Press 144 pages. $25.95. Seven experts in programs geared toward struggling children present essays on how to...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Afterschool Advantage

Edited by Terry Peterson and Sybil Fix Center for Afterschool and Community Education 72 pages. Free. This collection of writing by national...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Revealing Minds: Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners

Craig Pohlman Wiley Publishers 352 pages. $29.95. Using the philosophy of All Kinds of Minds, this book uses real-life examples to stress...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Leading to Reading

http://www.rif.org Reading Is Fundamental’s new website (and its mirror bilingual site, Semillitas de Aprendzaje) is a research-based educational resource designed to help...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for November 2007

Child Welfare Adoption Learning Partnerswww.adoptionlearningpartners.org/courses/overview.cfmTwo new online courses at this site aim to educate prospective adoptive parents about a variety of...

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Meeting the High School Challenge: Making After-School Work for Older Students

Older youths who participate in after-school programs significantly improve their chances for success, but serving them effectively is one of the greatest...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier