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Journal Article

Pods in Action: Community Works

This case study describes Community Works, a pandemic-era learning pod in New Orleans, LA. This case study is part of an effort by the Center for Reinventing Public Education to capture lessons learned from pandemic-era schooling.

Jul 1, 2022
Journal Article

Pods in Action: Hyde Park Neighborhood Club

This case study describes Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, a pandemic-era learning pod in Chicago, IL. This case study is part of an effort by the Center for Reinventing Public Education to capture lessons learned from pandemic-era schooling.

Jul 1, 2022
Journal Article

Pods in Action: Neighborhood North

This case study describes Neighborhood North, a pandemic-era learning pod in Beaver Falls, PA. This case study is part of an effort by the Center for Reinventing Public Education to capture lessons learned from pandemic-era schooling.

Jul 1, 2022
Journal Article

Use of Personalized Learning Platforms in One Pandemic-Era Microschool: A Case Study

The many pandemic-era uses of personalized learning platforms can provide insight into how they might affect students' academic, social, and emotional outcomes. This report discusses one example: the Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy (SNUMA).

Jul 1, 2022
Report

Benchmarks for Success: Expected Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Participants

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe is a residential intervention program to help teens who have dropped out of high school. Sites can compare the outcomes of their cadets with this set of population benchmarks derived from public datasets.

Dec 10, 2020
Blog

Three Summer Learning Tips Parents Can Use

There’s plenty that parents can do at home to help their kids stay sharp until the new school year begins.

Jun 10, 2013
Research Brief

Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Use Data to Improve Services in Out-of-School Time Programs

Five cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation, along with three other cities that were not part of the initiative, were successful in using data from management information systems to improve out-of-school-time programs.

Oct 19, 2010
Research Brief

Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Build Systems to Improve Out-of-School-Time Programs

Five cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation to increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their out-of-school-time systems used different planning approaches to meet the initiative's goals.

Oct 18, 2010
Report

Coordination Efforts Could Boost After-School Programming

Coordinating the work of the many different institutions involved in after-school activities—including schools, nonprofits and municipal agencies like parks and libraries—holds the promise of making programs better and more accessible to urban children and teens who need them.

Sep 13, 2010
Report

Hours of Opportunity, Volume 2: The Power of Data to Improve After-School Programs Citywide

The second in this three-volume series describes how Wallace Foundation grantees and three other cities used management information systems to collect and use data on out-of-school-time programs, including enrollment, attendance, and outcomes.

Sep 13, 2010
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Dwayne M. Butler

Senior Management Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ed.D. in adult & continuing education, Rutgers University; Ph.D. in organization and management, Capella University; M.S. in administration, Central Michigan University; B.A. in economics, Rutgers University; B.A. in Spanish, Rutgers University

RAND Topic:
Nonformal Education

Topic Synonyms:
Socialization