http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/1043 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/culture-society/articles/and-after-school-hours-key-nurturing-children <!--paging_filter--><p>How to keep children occupied and engaged in worthwhile after-school pursuits is becoming a major focus of study at the Harvard Family Research Project at the Graduate School of Education. The project is analyzing existing research while constructing a database that will be useful for policy-makers, public and private funders, and those who run after-school programs in the years to come. With an increase in the number of working moms, a subsequent explosion in the number of so-called "latch-key kids," and a growing demand for programs to address the changing situation, HFRP has zeroed in on the after-school issue. The challenge of creating productive out-of-school opportunities for children has also hit the public policy radar screen in Washington.</p> <p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/culture-society/articles/and-after-school-hours-key-nurturing-children">read more</a></p> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:07:35 -0400 70652986 2835 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu