Owen FITCHBURG - The city's 21st Century Community Learning Centers after-school program is promoting self-expression, critical thinking and problem-solving skills for more than 360 kids at six different sites.
Meanwhile, although afterschool programs can play an important role in assisting students to complete their homework successfully, an evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) programs conducted by Mathematica Policy Research noted that even though homework sessions tend to be the most common type of academic support, both in elementary and middle school programs, the quality of support is generally low (James-Burdumy, Dynarski, & Deke, 2003).
The High-Quality Supplemental Educational Services and After-School Partnerships Demonstration program recently awarded five grants to support partnerships between supplemental educational services (SES) programs and 21st Century Community Learning Centers projects to increase the academic achievement of low-income students in Title I schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring.
gov--offers a database that includes approximately 6,800 participating schools and organizations across the country that have been awarded 21st Century Community Learning Center grants to establish summer, weekend and after-school programs.
The federal grants were awarded by the State Department of Education under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, which seeks to establish or expand community learning centers for students at low-achieving or high-poverty schools.
