Publisher's Synopsis
Explore ways to connect learning experiences that happen inside and outside school buildings and during and after the school day. This volume presents new structures and arrangements that are helping to meet the needs of vulnerable urban adolescents, and an innovative program to bring together schools, community organizations, policy makers and the general public to create learning-centered communities. It explores programs that are community-based - such as Chicago's After School Matters program, and programs for stimulating out-of-school free-choice learning to accomplish educational goals - as well as school-based programs.
