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The Harvard Family Research Project is a rich source of information about  
family involvement in education and learning in settings outside the classroom,  
such as the new resources cited below.
 
Bob Russell
 
Robert L.  Russell, Ph.D.
Principal, Learning Experience  Design
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Interim Executive Director  & Science Advisor, Celebra la Ciencia 
Self-Reliance Foundation/Acceso  Hispano
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Harvard Family Research Project’s (HFRP) announces two new resources in the  
out-of-school time field: a research brief on youth out-of-school time  
participation and an update to our Out-of-School Time Evaluation Database and  
Bibliography.

WHAT ARE KIDS GETTING INTO THESE DAYS? DEMOGRAPHIC  DIFFERENCES IN YOUTH 
OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PARTICIPATION
With support from the  William T. Grant Foundation, HFRP is conducting a 
research study on the factors  associated with whether children and youth 
participate in out-of-school time  (OST) programs and activities. Building on previous 
work, HFRP is using national  data to examine the many factors and contexts 
in children’s lives that predict  participation. This new research brief 
distills findings from the first phase of  the study on demographic characteristics 
of youth participants and includes  implications for practitioners, 
policymakers, and researchers. The research  brief is available online  at:
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/resources/demographic.htm
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OUT-OF-SCHOOL  TIME DATABASE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY UPDATE
Eight new profiles about out-of-school  time programs and their evaluations, 
including: 

* 21st Century Community  Learning Centers-Texas (quasi-experimental and 
non-experimental evaluation  design)

* Adventure Central (non-experimental)

* CHAMPS  (quasi-experimental, non-experimental)

* Generacion Diez  (quasi-experimental)

* KindergARTen Summer Camp (experimental)

*  North Carolina Quality Enhancement Initiative (quasi-experimental)

* NYC  FIRST! (non-experimental)

* Young Women's Leadership Alliance  (quasi-experimental, non-experimental)

A new profile of an  out-of-school time research study:

* The Massachusetts After-School  Research Study

You can access both the database and the  bibliography   at:
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/evaldatabase.html




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