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After-school programs.


Junior Achievement, which recently launched three new after-school programs, surveyed more than 1,000 teens aged 13 to 18 about after-school programs. Here are some of the results.

45%

attend after-school programs other than sports

55%

do not attend after-school programs

4 out of 10

teens don't don't  

1. Contraction of do not.

2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not.

n.
A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts.
 attend after-school programs due to lack of interest

1 out of 10

don't attend because of cost or lack of transportation

94%

What factors would increase interest in after-school activities? opportunities for college scholarships

92%

college-credit programs

76%

leadership-skills programs

69%

business-development programs

Source: JA Worldwide. 2006. www.ja.org See .org.

(networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations.

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Title Annotation:survey
Author:Ullman, Ellen
Publication:District Administration
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2006
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