The data
shows significant positive outcomes for students in afterschool programs that use the CASEL framework compared to those that do not, with particular advantages in school bonding, self - perceptions, and positive social behaviors.
As I noted recently, none of these findings are earth shattering, but each study found a
statistically significant positive outcome overall or for certain subgroups, particularly low - income African - Americans who are currently the most choice - deprived.
None of these findings are earth shattering, but each study found a statistically
significant positive outcome overall or for certain subgroups, particularly low - income African - Americans who are currently the most choice - deprived.
A randomized evaluation by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
found significant positive outcomes for academies» participants, most of whom were low - income, African American, and / or Hispanic.
Universal interventions that promote competence and life skills in the context of a whole - school approach have been found to
produce significant positive outcomes for children's mental health and well - being [4, 6 — 9].
But research has
shown significant positive outcomes for vulnerable families enrolled in home visiting, including improved maternal, newborn, and infant health, better educational attainment for moms, improved school readiness, and reduced child abuse.
(As I point out in the book, a recent study by the National Center for Education Research found that none of the many large - scale character - education programs in use in American schools produces
any significant positive outcomes.)
«We will be the greatest recipient per student of funding via Gonski 2.0 [which] is
a significant positive outcome for our state,» he said.