Urban vs. Suburban After School Care

Title: Urban vs. Suburban After School Care
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Urban vs. Suburban After School Care

When the public, officials, and child advocates examine after-school care, they quickly focus on the benefits that after-school programs offer. Urban community based after-school programs and suburban community based after-school programs have many similarities yet many differences as well. They are many issues to examine while discussing the benefits of urban and suburban community based after-school programs. Five main issues that are very important when discussing community based after-school programs are funding, play versus academics, …showed first 75 words of 3480 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 3480 total…help with children at the Boys and Girls Clubs, or any other programs that need good volunteers. Works Cited Alexander, David. (1999). Engaging children's minds: the project approach. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. Cohen, Martin. (2001). What do families want? The Future of Children, 21, 9-13. Innocenti, Christine. (2000). Can after-school programs meet expectations? The Future of Children, 17, 20-25. Johnson, Daniel. (2000). How much schooling should take place after school? The Future of Children, 15, 30-35. Vandell, Deborah. (1999). After-school child care programs. The Future of Children, 9, 64-78.

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