Results List
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Out-of-School Time in Elev8 Community Schools
Source: Research for Action & McClanahan Associates, Inc.
A solid, high-quality education is a key to successful adulthood; however, young people from low-income families and communities often face a myriad of educational and academic challenges that put them at risk for ongoing disadvantage in life. The Atlantic Philanthropies and others support community schools…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary: “Speaking in One Voice”
Source: The Forum for Youth Investment
Out-of-School Time programmes in the United States can benefit from adopting easy and cost-effective common youth-, programme- and system-level measures, which are described in this issue brief by the Forum for Youth Investment. The Forum is a grantee of The Atlantic Philanthropies This commentary from…
Resource type: Research Report
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Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Leaders of limited-life foundations often assert that spending all of their resources in a relatively short period gives them the ability to do more good, to produce more social value, than if they were to hold the same resources in a lasting endowment and disburse…
Resource type: Research Report
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Keeping Kids In School and Out of Court
Source: New York City School-Justice Partnership Task Force
The next mayor of New York City should quickly establish an inter-agency initiative, in collaboration with the courts, to significantly reduce suspensions, summonses, and arrests of public school students while shifting to positive approaches to discipline, according to this report from the New York City…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Cost of Quality Out-of-School-Time Programs
Source: Public/ Private Ventures
This study by Public/Private Ventures provides estimates for the costs of operating a high-quality after-school or summer programme in the United States. P/PV is a grantee of The Atlantic Philanthropies. by Jean Baldwin Grossman, Christianne Lind, Cheryl Hayes, Jennifer McMaken and Andrew Gersick Funders and program…
Resource type: Research Report
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First-Year Implementation of the Center for After-School Excellence Certificate Programs
Source: Center of After-School Excellence
A college-based, one-year certificate programme for after-school workers garnered positive response from U.S. participants who said the programme helped them improve their academic abilities as well as their knowledge about working with youth, according to this evaluation by Policy Study Associates.The Center of After-School Excellence…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Roosevelt Middle School: Bridging Cultures, Creating Community
A small blue and green globe is passed from hand to hand as parents, staff, and community partners introduce themselves and share about a cultural tradition or characteristic that they’re proud of – and that they want other members of their school community to understand…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Bridging the Gap Between School and Out-Of-School Time Learning
Public and private investment in out-of-school time (OST) programmes in the U.S. has soared over the last decade. While more does not always mean better, Higher Achievement wants to know for sure that its programme is delivering results. Higher Achievement is an academic enrichment programme…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Welcome to the School of Resiliency
It’s a Thursday morning in mid- December and Betsye Steele, principal of Ralph J. Bunche High School, is holding her weekly new-student orientation session. She sits at the small table in her office talking with Antwon, the school’s newest student, and his grandfather. As they…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Summary of Lessons for the Field from Atlantic Philanthropies’ “Out-of-School Time” Initiative
Source: Harvard Family Research Project
A five-year investment to keep disadvantaged youth engaged in learning during out-of-school time (OST) hours by the Atlantic Philanthropies has yielded important lessons for funders and built the OST field through its focus on organisational capacity, evaluation, advocacy and professional development, according to this 2010…
Resource type: Research Report