After-School Time,
May 10-11, 2001

Agenda

William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
James Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

Session I: The Impact of Out-of School Programs on Youth Development
Moderator: William Julius Wilson, Harvard University

"Community-based programs for youth: lessons learned from general developmental research and from experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations", Jacquelynne S. Eccles, The University of Michigan
Discussant: Robert Halpern, Chapin Hall & The Erikson Institute

Session II: Principles of Effective Out-of School Programs
Moderator: Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

"Getting school-based after-school programming off the ground", Jean Grossman, Public Private Ventures & Princeton University
Discussant: Lucy Friedman, President, The Afterschool Corporation

Session III: Building Local Collaborations Around Out-of-School Programs
Moderator: Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

"After-school time: Toward a theory of collaborations", Gil Noam, Director of the After-school Program, Harvard University
Discussant: Christopher Gabrielli,Chairman, Massachusetts 2020

Panel Discussion: Lessons from the Field

Moderator: William Julius Wilson, Harvard University

Participants: Heather Johnston Nicholson, Director of Research, Girls, Incorporated; Ronald Blackburn-Moreno, President and CEO, ASPIRA; Laurie Olsen, Executive Director, California Tomorrow