Spring 2000

In this Issue

• A Tale from the Youth Field: Using Stories to Understand Community-Based Youth Programs by Sara Hill
• The Power of Play: A Literature-Based After School Sports Program for Urban Youth by Tom Zierk
• Creating an Agency Culture: A Model for Common Humanity by Eileen C. Lyons
• Making Learning Work by Shirley Brice Heath
• Naming Common Ground: Literacy and Community by Jonathan Shevin and Chris Young
• Check it Off! A Youth Development Approach to Staff Training by Jessica Mates and Arva Rice
• Passion and Practice by Paul Whyte

The Afterschool Matters is part of the Afterschool Matters Initiative. Afterschool Matters is a national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting professionalism, scholarship and consciousness in the field of afterschool education. Published by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time with support from the Robert Bowne Foundation, the journal serves those involved in developing and managing programs for youth during the out-of-school time hours, in addition to those engaged in research and in shaping youth development policy.