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ERIC Number: ED614133
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jan
Pages: 10
Abstractor: ERIC
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America after 3PM for Black Families and Communities
Afterschool Alliance
While data for the 2020 edition of America After 3PM were collected pre-pandemic, to accompany the data and determine how the pandemic has affected families' needs during the hours after school, the Afterschool Alliance commissioned a nationally representative follow-up survey of parents in October 2020. The follow-up survey found that nearly half of Black parents reported stress due to providing learning support while their child's school is operating virtually (47 percent) and concerns about their ability to juggle working and monitoring their child's distance learning (46 percent), and 3 in 4 Black parents (74 percent) say that the experience of coronavirus has made them appreciate teachers and afterschool program providers more than ever. The unmet demand for afterschool programs is higher among Black children than children overall (58 percent vs. 50 percent). Black parents largely have a positive view of afterschool programs' social and emotional and academic benefits that mirror parents' responses overall, agreeing that programs keep kids safe (74 percent); provide opportunities for children to engage with their peers and reduce unproductive screen time (83 percent); and help children gain interest and skills related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (78 percent). Black parents also view afterschool programs as having a positive influence on children, agreeing that programs help young people build life skills (82 percent), allow children to build positive relationships with caring adults and mentors (79 percent), and reduce the likelihood that young people will engage in risky behaviors, such as drug use (73 percent). [For the 2020 edition of "America after 3PM: Demand Grows, Opportunity Shrinks," see ED611372.]
Afterschool Alliance. 1616 H Street NW Suite 820, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: 202-347-1002; Fax: 202-347-2092; e-mail: info@afterschoolalliance.org; Web site: http://afterschoolalliance.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
Sponsor: New York Life Foundation; Overdeck Family Foundation; Wallace Foundation; S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation; Altria Group, Inc.; Walton Family Foundation; Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Authoring Institution: Afterschool Alliance
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