After School Programs in Public Elementary Schools

After School Programs in Public Elementary Schools

Basmat Parsad, B. Lewis, L. Tice, P. (2009) After School Programs in Public Elementary Schools. National Center for Education Statistics.

This article explores how elementary students across the country spend their time in after school programs. There are four categories that the researchers grouped the after school programs: fee-based stand-alone day care programs, stand-alone academic instruction/tutoring programs, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLCs), and other types of formal stand-alone or broad-based after-school programs. The researchers arranged statistics by enrollment size, school locale, region, and minority percentage. The findings were interesting but not shocking. It was interesting for me to see because as a new charter we are trying to implement some after school programs. Currently we are only able to offer the free-based stand-alone day care program but in the future we would love to include after school programs that offered more enrichment.