Library

Reports: Out-of-school time

Responding, Reimagining, Realizing Out-of-School Time Coordination in a New Era
Wallace Foundation, June 2024, 72 pp.
This report examines how OST organizations address the heightened needs of children and their families during the pandemic to ensure continuity of services and discusses how they could continue this expanded role related to adaptation, advocacy, partnerships, and equity. more info >

Creating Equitable Ecosystems of Belonging and Opportunity for Youth: An Action Guide for Cross-System and Sector Leaders and Practitioners
Forum for Youth Investment, July 2023, 40 pp.
Young people benefit from consistent, positive experiences. This guide assists leaders from public systems and social sectors to reflect and assess how safe and supportive environments are, if they provide the youth they serve with a sense of belonging and opportunity, and how well they collaborate with others in the youth ecosystem. more info >

Investing in Successful Summer Programs A Review of Evidence Under the Every Student Succeeds Act
RAND Corporation, June 2019, 163 pp.
This report provides a systematic review of the evidence supporting summer programs and descriptions of evidence-based programs and guidance regarding the effectiveness of summer interventions. more info >

After the Bell Youth Activity Engagement in Relation to Income and Metropolitan Status
Carsey Public Policy Institute, May 2017, 6 pp.
This brief uses data from the 2012 National Survey of Children’s Health to examine involvement in extracurricular activities among youth ages 12–18. It finds that access to extracurricular activities and employment is growing more unequal, and that lower-income youth may be increasingly disadvantaged compared to middle- and upper-income children. more info >

Web sites

Education Policy Research
Education section of Mathematica Policy Research. Provides research information about topics including curriculum, teacher quality, at-risk youth, technology and school choice. more info >

Education Commission of the States
Educational information covering early learning, K-12, and postsecondary. The issue sites include summaries of the facts, what states are doing, programs and practice, and sources of additional information on topics such as school readiness, assessment, at-risk students, charter schools, child abuse, educational attainment, mentoring, teaching, and many more. more info >

ERIC Database (Education Resources Information Center)
Database of education research. more info >