The promise of after-school programs for low-income children

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-214

  Halpern, Robert ^a  

^a ERIKSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0001426554     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(00)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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