Newsletter
Publications - November 2009
America After 3PM. This October 2009 report is an update to a 2004 report by the same name, and highlights findings from a survey of nearly 30,000 households across the United States conducted for the Afterschool Alliance and sponsored by the JCPenney Afterschool Fund.
Beyond the Award Letter: Fund Management for Leaders of Small Youth-Serving Organizations. This guide helps non-profit leaders develop the tools and knowledge they need to enhance the systems they use to manage grants and contracts.
Beyond the Paycheck: A Human Resources Management Guide for Leaders of Small Youth-Serving Organizations. This guide aims to help organization leaders develop the tools and knowledge they need to create and use sound human resources management (HRM) systems and practices that support program success and sustainability.
Building Quality in Summer Learning Programs: Approaches and Recommendations. This white paper from The Wallace Foundation discusses the different settings in which summer programs for youth take place including, schools, city park and recreation departments, and community- and faith- based organizations and examines the opportunities and limitations these programs offer in building better summer programming.
The Changing Landscape of Teacher Learning. In this article from EdWeek an education-technology scholar discusses the current state and promise of online teacher PD.
Children's Budget 2009. This is a comprehensive guide to all federal spending on children and an invaluable resource for all those seeking to improve the lives of America's youth. The federal government funds over 180 different children's programs, from child health and education to child welfare and juvenile justice.
Effective and Promising Summer Learning Programs and Approaches for Economically-Disadvantaged Children and Youth. This white paper from The Wallace Foundation examines available research on program outcomes for children, and identifies the characteristics of effective summer learning programs.
The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs. This study examines structured academic instruction in reading or math to students in grades two to five during their after-school hours — instead of the less formal academic supports offered in regular after-school programs — to see if it improves their academic performance in the subject.
Investments in Building Citywide Out-of-School Time Systems: A Six-City Study. This report from The Finance Project and Public/Private Ventures, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation, is an examination of the investments Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, New York City and Seattle are making to create well-functioning systems to provide quality afterschool opportunities to more kids.
It’s Time for Summer: An Analysis of Recent Policy and Funding Opportunities. This white paper from The Wallace Foundation suggests that summer learning programs could be improved and expanded if federal, state, and local programs were better coordinated and recommends a number of steps to policymakers and funders.
Making Teacher Training an Inside Job. This article from Teacher Magazine explores the idea of internal consultants, facilitators, and trainers for your youth organization.
A New Generation of Apprentices. This latest e-newsletter from The After-School Corporation focuses on a new approach to after-school programming for high school students: demanding apprenticeships that go well beyond job placement to offer tangible rewards such as credits or paid work, and the chance to build real world skills.
Parent Engagement Toolkit. This is a resource for Dropout Summit conveners and community leaders bringing the parent voice into the planning process and the development of local and state action plans addressing the dropout crisis.
Pennsylvania After 3pm. These results from the America After 3PM 2009 survey identify the supply of and demand for PA afterschool programs, as well as the major barriers to program enrollment in the state.
Research Findings to Support Effective Education Policymaking. To help policymakers respond to new federal education priorities, including the Race to the Top grants program, this report synthesizes more than a decade of Wallace Foundations experience and research into educational leadership, out-of-school time learning and arts education.
Research into Action: Pathways to New Opportunities. This report by the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance highlights survey data informing that city’s campaign to counteract the long-term decline in arts engagement.
The State of City Leadership for Children and Families in 2009. This new report by the National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education and Families identifies the nation’s 32 most cutting-edge city innovations to help children and families thrive, and documents emerging and established trends in municipal leadership to promote child and family well-being.
