What factors influence teen participation in after-school programs? Chapin Hall researchers interviewed 10th graders to gather their perspectives on out-of-school opportunities and how to improve such programs through outreach and access.
Read the full report, Negotiating Among Opportunity and Constraint: The Participation of Young People in Out-of-School-Time Activities, by Robert Chaskin and Stephen Baker.
http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1432&L2=62&L3=105
For more information contact:
Flora Lazar
Public Affairs Director
Chapin Hall Center for Children
1313 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773.256.5212
flazar@uchicago.edu