The effectiveness of an after-school program targeting urban African American youth

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-118

  Hanlon, Thomas E ^a   Simon, Betsy D ^a   O'Grady, Kevin E ^b   Carswell, Steven B ^a   Callaman, Jason M ^a  

^a FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; After school prevention; At risk adolescents; Middle school; School bonding

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350528596     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: 15523535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124509343144     Document Type: Article

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