Participation Over Time: Keeping Youth Engaged from Middle School to High School

Posted by on April 11, 2011

Participation Over Time: Keeping Youth Engaged from Middle School to High School
http://www.niost.org/pdf/afterschoolmatters/ASM_Fall2010_2.pdf

This article appears in the Fall 2010 issue of Afterschool Matters, a journal published by the c that serves those involved in developing and running programs for youth during the out-of-school time hours, in addition to those engaged in research and shaping policy.

“Participation Over Time: Keeping Youth Engaged from Middle School to High School” draws on data collected for  Engaging Older Youth—a recent study from Harvard Family Research Project and Public/Private Ventures, commissioned by the Wallace Foundation—of out-of-school time programs that successfully engage older youth and the strategies they use to maintain high participation rates.

You can access the Engaging Older Youth study here: http://www.hfrp.org/EngagingOlderYouth

The article sheds light on how a set of school- and community-based programs with high rates of participation address adolescents’ developmental needs and how these programs change their strategies to
support adolescents over time.

Click here to download the complete issue of Afterschool Matters from NIOST’s website. The article appears on pages 1-8 and may take a few minutes to download:
http://www.niost.org/pdf/afterschoolmatters/ASM_Fall2010_2.pdf