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Download full textPopkin, Susan J.; Runes, Charmaine; Anderson, Theresa; McDaniel, Marla; Coffey, Amelia; Okoli, Adaeze; Gaddy, Marcus; Spauster, Patrick – Urban Institute, 2019
The Annie E. Casey Foundation launched Family-Centered Community Change (FCCC) in 2012 to support three local partnerships seeking to help parents and children in high-poverty neighborhoods succeed together. These partnerships, located in Buffalo, New York; Columbus, Ohio; and San Antonio, Texas, are each developing a more integrated set of…
Descriptors: Community Change, Poverty, Neighborhoods, Low Income
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Direct linkKuuse, Anna-Karin; Lindgren, Monica; Skåreus, Eva – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this study is to analyze how the music educational program of El Sistema Sweden is advertised and legitimized through moving images. The films are a major part of the information on the Swedish national website of El Sistema and are supposed to contribute to the picture that the organization and its founders wish to market. The use…
Descriptors: Music Education, Program Descriptions, Advertising, Web Sites
Kim, Kyung Hi – Education as Change, 2017
By adopting Sen's capability approach, this study explores transformative educational actions for children in poverty to develop their capabilities for learning for life. Sen's capability approach provides a framework for why it is important to foster the capabilities of children in poverty and what is required to help these children to improve…
Descriptors: Poverty, Transformative Learning, Equal Education, Lifelong Learning
Schaefer, Sara E.; Ching, Cynthia Carter; Breen, Heather; German, J. Bruce – American Journal of Health Education, 2016
Background: Wearable and mobile technologies are often used by people who wish to document their own health and lifestyle behaviors. The feasibility of health tracking among youth is unclear, particularly in low-resource communities where health strategies stand to have the greatest impact. Methods: Youth (n = 24) enrolled in an afterschool…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Urban Youth, Physical Activity Level, Focus Groups
Tuason, Ma. Teresa; Marcetic, Andjela; Roberts, Shavaun; Stuart, Karly; Rearick, Jessica – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The Refuge is an after-school care programme in the southeastern USA that caters to the academic and psychological needs of impoverished African-American children. This study evaluated the Refuge through interviews with staff, small group discussions with children and persistent observation. By evaluating the after-school care services they…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Poverty, Family Relationship, Student Attitudes
Halpern, Robert – 2003
Noting that after-school programs are becoming an important developmental support for low- and moderate-income families and their children, this book describes the historical development of these programs, their current status, and critical issues facing after-school programs. Divided into historical eras, the book examines: (1) the evolution of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Education, After School Programs, Childhood Needs
