Students' use of time outside of school: A case for after school programs for urban middle school youth

Urban Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 339-356

  Shann, Mary H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

After school programs; Early adolescents; High risk students; Middle schools; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347724523     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012248414119     Document Type: Article

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