After-School Success: Academic Enrichment Strategies with Urban Youth

Author:   Anne Bouie ,  Lucy N. Friedman
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
ISBN:  

9780807747452


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 January 2007
Format:   Paperback
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After-School Success: Academic Enrichment Strategies with Urban Youth


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In this inspiring book, Anne Bouie details her work with underachieving urban youth and their families at Project Interface, a math and science enrichment program, where she developed a unique approach to raising achievement. Bouie argues that rather than identifying deficits and dysfunctions in the family, a more effective method would focus on strengths and build on the inherent resilience of the community. She describes the design and implementation of this collaboratively organized, community-based after-school enrichment program that worked. Her insights are a valuable tool for any educational or youth program interested in fostering lasting academic success. Book Features include: Testimonials from youth, staff, and parents who participated in a successful after-school program. Indicators for effective and ineffective implementation based on a field-tested model. Indicators to help motivate and enable students to put forth effort and try, in spite of having failed in the past. Strategies to engage families and community members. Insights for policymakers and practitioners who may wish to start a program or assess an existing one.

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Author:   Anne Bouie ,  Lucy N. Friedman
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780807747452


ISBN 10:   0807747459
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 January 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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This book is a valuable addition to the 'how to do it' literature on teaching and learning in out-of-school settings. With very readable prose, readers are guided through many of the details of organizing, operating, and sustaining an after-school program that adds to the existing proof that it can be done. - Edmund W. Gordon, Professor Emeritus, Yale University and Teachers College, Columbia University


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Anne Bouie works as a consultant to urban schools and policymaking organizations focused on positive systemic change. She served as Executive Director of Interface Institute, a community-based organization working with underachieving, high-potential children and youth in East Oakland.

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