After the Bell: What Do We Want Our Afterschool Programs to Do?

Sunday 22 November 2009

ON THE AGENDA

Will Too Much Debt Fuel A Double-Dip Recession?

Francie Grace
Nov 20, 2009

That was the question raised by President Obama during an interview in China (one of our biggest creditors), as cartoonists seized the opportunity to comment on America's looming national debt. "It is important," said Mr.

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Will a Delay on the Climate Treaty be Time Well-Spent?

Scott Bittle
Nov 16, 2009

World leaders flatly admitted this weekend what everyone pretty much knew: there won't be a major deal on climate change at the big conference in Copenhagen next month. Instead, leaders will try to keep the process going, in hopes of coming up with a deal next year.

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After the Bell: What Do We Want Our Afterschool Programs to Do?

Afterschool programs can serve a number of functions and different people have different ideas about what the goals of afterschool programs should be. Given that resources for afterschool programs and limited, how is afterschool time best used?