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Survey of Students' Out-of-School Time |
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This report provides a descriptive overview of what students in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) do in their out-of-school time, based on responses to a questionnaire administered to ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders. For the past 3 years, Chapin Hall has collected information from CPS high school students on their after-school and weekend activities. The availability of after-school opportunities and the characteristics and dynamics of life in the neighborhoods in which students live appear to be critical barriers to participation for many young people. For example, 55 percent of the students in the survey said that they have no safe places like parks or community centers to go to in their out-of-school time. The survey is part of a larger Chapin Hall project that includes in-depth interviews with youth and a survey of youth-serving agencies that provides information on the availability of programs and the dynamics of provision in several Chicago communities.
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