What Do Children Do After School?——A Study of The Expanded Learning Program in California
The California Expanded Learning Program is part of the public service,which not only addresses the problem of"After 3PM",but also gives full play to its educational value.The effective implementation of the Expanded Learning Program depends on a series of strategies,including:enriching the contents and expanding the forms of after-school education;establishing a stable special fund system to support after-school education;constructing a human resource system to facilitate teacher professional development;and developing an evaluation-based accountability system to improve the quality of after-school education.The California Expanded Learning Program has demonstrated a positive impact on students'academic performance,school attendance,and social and emotional skills development.
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