Honoring 15 Years of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: A Polity-Centered Analysis

Autor/in	Phillips, Sarah Fierberg
Titel	Honoring 15 Years of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: A Polity-Centered Analysis
Quelle	In: Afterschool Matters, (2010) 12, S.28-36 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Learning Resources Centers; After School Programs; Community Centers; Educational History; Educational Change; Program Development; Federal Programs; Success; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Youth Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning resources centres; Lehrmittelzentrum; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsreform; Programmplanung; Erfolg; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	Emphasizing the intersection of policy and politics, this paper uses Theda Skocpol's polity-centered approach (1992) to analyze two key moments in the history of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) program: (1) 1998, when the program's budget grew from $40 million to $200 million; and (2) 2003, when President Bush attempted to cut the program's budget from $1 billion to $400 million. A thorough understanding of this history can help afterschool advocates successfully respond to President Obama's recent proposal to dramatically change the 21st CCLC program once again. This paper uses Skocpol's polity-centered approach to explain why efforts to change the 21st CCLC program were successful in 1998 and unsuccessful in 2003. It explores the way that changing work patterns and growing interest in positive youth development helped create broad support for afterschool during the 1990s. This paper pays particular attention to the congruence among the interests and abilities of philanthropists, U.S. Department of Education (US DOE) leaders, and the White House during the late 1990s, as well as between Congressional leaders and afterschool advocates during 2003. It discusses changes to the balance of power between the Democrats and Republicans during both time periods and explores the way that the expansion of the 21st CCLC program in 1998, and subsequent changes, worked to frustrate the President's efforts in 2003. This paper concludes by reviewing recent controversy surrounding President Obama's proposed changes to the 21st CCLC program, suggesting that afterschool advocates consider the President's efforts in light of history, and draw on the past to shape their response. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Wellesley Centers for Women, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. Tel: 781-283-2547; Fax: 781-283-3657; e-mail: niost@wellesley.edu; Web site: http://www.niost.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01