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Website: www.ecitycleveland.com

Mission/Goals: E City's mission is to teach entrepreneurship to low-income young people in the Cleveland area by improving their academic, business, technology and life skills so they can become economically productive members of society.

Notes: After school classes of middle school, high school, and some post high school students took place in approximately 20 sites in the greater Cleveland area in 2004.
 

Source(s): www.ecitycleveland.com;  www.guidestar.org

Summary of Available Evaluation Information:
E City's mission is to teach entrepreneurship to low-income young people in the Cleveland area by improving their academic, business, technology and life skills so they can become economically productive members of society.
Participants in the study took a pre- and post-test on business knowledge. The average test scores improved by 60%. In addition, public speaking ability improved, as did overall confidence and attitudes about being able to support themselves in the future. An official outcome study will commence this semester. The program is also starting a 4-year longitudinal study to measure where students are 4 years from now. A full evaluation report for E City is not currently available.

Source:  www.ecitycleveland.com