Table of Contents:
  • Hanging out / Ruth Garner
  • An alternative to self-care in a small midwestern town / Ruth Garner, Yong Zhao, and Mark Gillingham
  • After-school literacy clubs: a mix of media, books, and desires / Donna E. Alvermann, Margaret C. Hagood, Allison Heron, Josephine Peyton Young, and Beth Jones Ricks
  • University students promoting science in the community / Susan P. Bruce and Bertram C. Bruce
  • The persistence of vision: a reflective examination and narrative of sustainability and fulfillment in a small after-school program / Dean J. Grosshandler and Elizabeth Niswander Grosshandler
  • Experiments with design in an after-school Asian literature club / Sapna Vyas and Punyashloke Mishra
  • After-school tutoring and children at risk / Barbara A. Wasik, Mary Alice Bond, and Annemarie Hindman
  • Working at play in four Chicago computer clubs / Ellen Youniss, Mark Gillingham, Donna Nowatzki, and Erin Roche
  • Cultural practices in Fifth Dimension sites around the world / Margaret A. Gallego and William E. Blanton
  • Ingredients of successful after-school programs: the experience of KLICK / Yong Zhao and Mark Gillingham
  • Crossing lines / Patricia A. Alexander and Jonna M. Kulikowich
  • After-school programs and structured activities that support children's development / Deborah Lowe Vandell and Kim M. Pierce.