Johns Hopkins University researchers document Experience Corps impact.
Students earn significantly higher test scores while tutors realize
improvements in mental and physical health. Results point to cost-effective
"win-win" for students, schools and community.
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- Read the Executive Summary of Hopkins Research (HTML)
- Print the Executive Summary of Hopkins Research (PDF)
- Print a full study published in the Journal of Urban Health. (PDF)
Experience Corps in Urban Elementary Schools: A Survey of Principals (PDF)
Experience Corps boosts student academic achievement, according to an independent survey by Policy Studies Associates, and principals welcome the program into their schools.
"Principals, coping with the press of ever-rising academic expectations and administrative challenges, have no time for programs that do not serve their purposes," notes the report. "Experience Corps has won their allegiance and respect."
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- Read key survey findings
- Read quotes from principals
- Read the full report from Policy Studies Associates (PDF)
The Rewards of Giving
"To walk into that school and be a part of the class, it was a fulfillment," explains Philadelphia Experience Corps member Florence Day. This Public/Private Ventures study explores the experience of adults who tutor and mentor in urban schools.
Experience After-School:
Matching Assets and Interests with Out-of-School Time Needs
Adults over 55 – expected to double in number and top 30
percent of the U.S. population by 2030 – present "a
rich human resource pool" to meet the expanding workforce
demands of after-school programs, finds Policy Studies Associates.
Engaging Older Americans in After-School Programs
Experience Corps members demonstrate the value of experience in
after-school programs from Boston to the Bay Area.
- Read the report (PDF)
Staffing
California’s After-School Programs
The impact of experience on a statewide after-school program:
an analysis.
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Appealing to Experience
Attracting boomers to community service requires a new look at messaging.
Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life
This recent book by Experience Corps co-founder Marc Freedman explores how baby boomers are inventing a new stage of work and creating a better society for everyone.
Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America
Older adults have the potential to strengthen communities. This book by Marc Freedman explores the impact on individuals and society.
Better Together: Restoring the American Community
Harvard professor cites Experience Corps as a "social-capital success story." Robert Putnam's Better Together: Restoring the American Community devotes a chapter to Experience Corps to illustrate the "extraordinary power and subtlety of social networks to enable people to improve their lives."
My Time; Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
Washington Post Health reporter Abigail Trafford describes retirement as the "bonus decades" and the "Indian summer phase of life." She points to Experience Corps members as retirees who benefit from pursuing passion and purpose.
