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Achieve Boston: The Story of a Planning Process for Building a Professional Development System for the Out-of-School Time Workforce


A report documenting the history and development of Achieve Boston, an initiative to develop a model for a professional development system for afterschool program staff and youth development workers in Boston.

by Georgia Hall and Wendy Surr, National Institute on Out-of-School Time, © 2005.

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Healthy Choices Afterschool


A report on physical activity and nutrition curriculum choicesfor afterschool programs, linking with the National AfterschoolAssociation Program Standards.

by Georgia Hall and Diane Gruber, National Institute on Out-of-School Time, © 2006.

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Massachusetts After-School ResearchStudy (MARS)


by Intercultural Center for Research in Education (INCRE)and National Institute on Out-of-School Time, © 2005.

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I Wish the Kids Didn't Watch So MuchTV:  Out-of-School Time in Three Low Income Communities,
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by Beth Miller, Susan O'Connor, Sylvia W. Sirignano, andPamela Joshi
NIOST, 92 pp. © 1997.

This report describes the findings of a study of children'sout-of-school time. Randomly selected families (n=180) in threecommunities were interviewed about their current out-of-schoolactivities and aspirations for children who were enrolled inHead Start, kindergarten, or first grade.

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School-Age Children With Special Needs:What Do They Do When School Is Out?

by Dale B. Fink
Exceptional Parent Press, 149 pp. © 1988

The book describes a diversity of approaches to funding, staffing,administration and training in programs which are able to meetthe child care needs of school-agers and adolescents with handicappingconditions.

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