http://supportunitedway.org/category/free-tag/education The taxonomy view with a depth of 3. en http://supportunitedway.org/youth/csas <p>United Way’s Connecting Schools and Afterschools Initiative aims to improve outcomes for children and youth by fostering relationships among schools and afterschool programs. </p> <p>The initiative is grounded in findings from the 2005 Massachusetts After-School Research Study (MARS), which found that afterschool programs with stronger connections to schools had more engaging, challenging activities, higher staff engagement, and higher quality homework assistance. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://supportunitedway.org/youth/csas">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> Increasing Opportunities for Youth education Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:39:25 -0500 Meghan Keaney 661 at http://supportunitedway.org