Education and After-School Programs

SWS leads the way in determining what really works to improve outcomes for students who are not succeeding in traditional classrooms. We provide direct service providers and decision-makers alike with the information they need to make, change or strengthen programs and policies.

Click on any of the links below to download the report produced for one of our clients. In instances where SWS produced multiple reports for the same study, the most recent report may be downloaded.

List of Representative Products Produced for Education and After-School Programs:

  • An Examination of Differences in Outcomes Among South Carolina 21st CCLC Service Provision Organizations (March 2009)
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  • Evaluation of the 2009 South Carolina 21st Century Community Learning Center Summer Only Program
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  • The 2010-2011 Evaluation of the South Carolina 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
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  • Report of the 2010-2011 Evaluation Of The National Direct AmeriCorps Grant to HOPEworldwide
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  • Report of the 2010-2011 Evaluation of the Learn and Serve South Carolina Formula Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service
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  • Report of the 2010-2011 Evaluation of the South Carolina Palmetto Mentoring Network Funded by a Grant from the US Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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  • Report of the 2010-2011 Evaluation of the Teacher Evolution to Advance Math and Science, or TEAM, Project in Hampton School District One (SC) Funded by a Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant from the SC Department of Education
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  • Report of the 2010-2011 Evaluation of the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Grant in Hampton School District One (SC)
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  • Report of the 2010-2011 Evaluation of the STEM Teacher Development Program in Laurens School District 55 (SC) Funded by a Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant from the SC Department of Education
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  • Character Development through Traditional Karate at Batesburg-Leesville Middle School.
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  • A Report on the Development of a Method of Comparison Among Schools Related to Character Education Practices
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  • Character Development through Short Term Etiquette Training in the Summer Programs of Two Lee County Middle Schools
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  • Character Development through Traditional Karate at North Springs Elementary School
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  • Implementation of Thirty Community Conversations and a State-Wide Survey of Vermont Public Beliefs and Attitudes about School Governance (2007).
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