You Can’t Be What You Can’t See presents a rare longitudinal account of the benefits of a high-quality, out-of-school program on the life trajectories of hundreds of poor, African American youth who grew up in Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in the 1980s and early ’90s.
Positive Youth Development Through Out-of-School Programs
by Sam M. Intrator and Don Siegel
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9781612506593
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: March 2014
Format: Paperback
In The Quest for Mastery, Sam M. Intrator and Don Siegel investigate an emerging trend: the growth of out-of-school programs dedicated to helping underserved youth develop the personal qualities and capacities that will help them succeed in school, college, and beyond.
Literacy, Identity, and Coming of Age in an Urban High School
by Michael Bitz
Foreword by Françoise Mouly
Price: $32.00
ISBN: 9781934742181
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: May 2009
Format: Paperback
Based on a four-year study, Manga High explores the convergence of literacy, creativity, social development, and personal identity in one of New York City’s largest high schools.
by Gil G. Noam, Gina Biancarosa and Nadine Dechausay
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 9781891792076
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: January 2002
Format: Paperback
The authors survey the current afterschool landscape and bring to light important issues and practices within the field, explore the challenges and opportunities facing afterschool education programs, and point to future directions for these burgeoning educational ventures.
