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Direct linkByron Sanders, Editor; Shannon Epner, Editor – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2024
Built for More, The Role of OST in Preparing Youth for the Future of Work will highlight OST research and illustrative practices and bring forward multi-disciplinary perspectives about future trends, innovations, and the impact of OST on the future workforce. The focus is on OST programs as well as related activities that contribute to…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Summer Programs, Apprenticeships, Disabilities
Peer reviewedSepúlveda, Martín-José, Ed.; Hutton, Rebekah, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2019
For children and youth, summertime presents a unique break from the traditional structure, resources, and support systems that exist during the school year. For some students, this time involves opportunities to engage in fun and enriching activities and programs, while others face additional challenges as they lose a variety of supports,…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Child Development, Well Being, Youth Programs
McLaughlin, Milbrey W. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"You Can't Be What You Can't See" presents a rare longitudinal account of the benefits of a high-quality, out-of-school program on the life trajectories of hundreds of poor, African American youth who grew up in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in the 1980s and early '90s. The result of a five-year research project by…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Poverty, At Risk Persons, African Americans
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Augustine, Catherine H.; Unlu, Fatih; Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M.; Naftel, Scott; Gomez, Celia J.; Marsh, Terry; Akinniranye, Goke; Todd, Ivy – RAND Corporation, 2019
Research evidence suggests that summer breaks contribute to income-based achievement and opportunity gaps for children and youth. However, summertime can also be used to provide programs that support an array of goals for children and youth, including improved academic achievement, physical health, mental health, social and emotional well-being,…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Access to Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Kan, Katharine L. – 1998
A summer reading program can be designed to attract not just those teenagers who love to read, but also nonreaders who have yet to experience the joy of reading. This book gathers from library literature and previously unpublished accounts of recent programs and provides information about different kinds of summer reading programs designed…
Descriptors: Activities, Adolescents, Internet, Library Services
Kan, Katharine L. – ALA Editions, 2006
Summer reading programs are a staple in libraries nationwide and provide a valuable service: keeping teens productive and occupied when they are no longer busy in school. Producing creative programs at the library can be challenging when faced with this easily distracted teen demographic; that's where "Sizzling Summer Reading Programs" steps in.…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Cultural Education, Reading Programs, Police
Hill, Amie; Herman, Richard – 1998
Based on structured interviews with Interlocken students, staff, parents, and alumni, this book presents a historical account of the international coeducational camp, Interlocken, founded in 1961, and its practice and philosophy of experiential education. Section 1 explains the innovative summer-camp/youth-travel mission of Interlocken and its…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Cultural Exchange, Experiential Learning
