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Why Afterschool Matters
Ingrid A. Nelson
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Description for Why Afterschool Matters
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Increasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programs make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth, helping to reduce the infamous academic attainment gap between white students and their black and Latino peers. Yet studies of these programs typically focus on how they improve the average academic performance of their participants, paying little attention to individual variation.
Why Afterschool Matters takes a different approach, closely following ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular program in California, then chronicling its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood. Discovering that ... Read more
Increasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programs make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth, helping to reduce the infamous academic attainment gap between white students and their black and Latino peers. Yet studies of these programs typically focus on how they improve the average academic performance of their participants, paying little attention to individual variation.
Why Afterschool Matters takes a different approach, closely following ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular program in California, then chronicling its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood. Discovering that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813584935
SKU
V9780813584935
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About Ingrid A. Nelson
INGRID A. NELSON is an assistant professor of sociology at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Reviews for Why Afterschool Matters
"Professor Nelson has written a valuable and unique contribution to the growing literature on the impact of out-of-school-time programs on the development of youth. Impressive and engaging, Why Afterschool Matters is a timely and important work."
Richard M. Lerner
Bergstrom Chair and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University
"Why Afterschool Matters is a critical reminder to ... Read more
Richard M. Lerner
Bergstrom Chair and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University
"Why Afterschool Matters is a critical reminder to ... Read more