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Zins, J. Building academic success on social and emotional learning: What does the research say? New York: Teachers College Press. Download references. This article is based on a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation grant awarded to the first and second authors. We wish to express our appreciation to David DuBois, Mark Lipsey, Robert Granger, and Nicole Yohalem who provided helpful comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript.

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Published : 19 March Issue Date : June Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:. Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative. Skip to main content. Search SpringerLink Search. Abstract A meta-analysis of after-school programs that seek to enhance the personal and social skills of children and adolescents indicated that, compared to controls, participants demonstrated significant increases in their self-perceptions and bonding to school, positive social behaviors, school grades and levels of academic achievement, and significant reductions in problem behaviors.