Summer Programming in Rural Communities: Unique Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Phillips, Ruthellen; Harper, Stacey; Gamble, Susan
Titel	Summer Programming in Rural Communities: Unique Challenges
Quelle	In: New Directions for Youth Development, (2007) 114, S.65-73 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-8916
DOI	10.1002/yd.213
Schlagwörter	Summer Programs; Rural Education; Reading Programs; Nutrition; Human Capital; Poverty; Access to Education; Elementary School Students; School Community Relationship; Student Transportation; Brain Drain; College Students; Volunteers; Community Resources; West Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sommerkurs; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Ernährung; Humankapital; Armut; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schulbus; Collegestudent; Freiwilliger
Abstract	During the past several decades, child poverty rates have been higher in rural than in urban areas, and now 2.5 million children live in deep poverty in rural America. Studies indicate that poor children are most affected by the typical "summer slide." Summer programming has the ability to address the issues of academic loss, nutritional loss, and the lack of safe and constructive enrichment activities. However, poor rural communities face three major challenges in implementing summer programming: community resources, human capital, and accessibility. The success of Energy Express, a statewide award-winning six-week summer reading and nutrition program in West Virginia, documents strategies for overcoming the challenges faced by poor, rural communities in providing summer programs. Energy Express (1) uses community collaboration to augment resources and develop community ownership, (2) builds human capital and reverses the acknowledged brain drain by engaging college students and community volunteers in meaningful service, and (3) increases accessibility through creative transportation strategies. West Virginia University Extension Service, the outreach arm of the land-grant institution, partners with AmeriCorps, a national service program, and various state and local agencies and organizations to implement a program that produces robust results. (Contains 11 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10