When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st-Century Community Learning Centers Program, First Year Findings

The first-year findings reveal that while the 21st Century Community Learning Centers changed where and with whom students spent some of their after-school time and increased parental involvement, they had limited influence on academic performance, no influence on feelings of safety or on the number of “latchkey†children, and some negative influences on behavior.

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