Afterschool Alliance

As public demand and a need for after-school have grown, so too has the demand for accountability. Fortunately for after-school advocates, a steady stream of afterschool evaluations is showing important gains for children. Also, researchers have found that after-school programs encourage increased parental involvement, an important building block for student success. Some different types of evaluations have been…

Youth that don’t participate at school, afterschool activities, sports, etc. are more likely to join gangs. Being bored or having nowhere to hang out gives teens a lot of free time. Gangs usually throw massive parties with drugs, drinking, and violence, giving youth something to do. A teen having…

Introduction The annotated bibliography that follows is divided into three sections. The first section contains an overview of the program, Successful Youths of Drake in hopes of being created in the Drake neighborhood. This includes: the program overview and evidence supporting why this project will be beneficial. The second section contains statistical data over the Drake neighborhood, including census data dealing with race and poverty. The third section contains reasons explaining why this…

Internalized Inequality is a normality in the public school system that divides and separates students through race and socioeconomic status. People do not think to question the disproportion that is taking place in the school system due to the lack of equal resources provided for different socioeconomic groups. The issue at hand is the academic success of a high school student and how it is influenced by their race and social-class. For the purpose of this analysis, academic success is defined…

participating in their school activities. According to the San Diego Police department and also a few other Police departments, they have reported that the number of kids that participate in extracurricular activities are less likely to commit a crime (Afterschool Alliance, 2007). Most if not all kids that have been reported…

ceremonies often religious in nature. In typical modern day American society, the movement from adolescence to adulthood also comes with certain rites of passage. In the late teen years many youths have the desire for more independence. Many will get an afterschool job; this gives them some financial freedom. Next comes the transportation, many will use the proceeds from the job to buy a car, giving them a little more freedom. Parents may begin to let their teens stay out later and go on dates.…