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Kids’ Share 2014: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2013
The Urban Institute's annual report that breaks down and analyzes the numbers when it comes to federal spending and tax expenditures on...
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Absences Add Up: How School Attendance Influences Student Success
Attendance Works analyzes national testing data and data on student attendance from across the country, demonstrating the consistent link between the two.
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3.4KGot Grit? What Is It? Do Kids Need It?
In her research, Duckworth, who was awarded a MacArthur “genius grant,” found that the main characteristic that predicted academic success among the...
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1.9KInitiative Helps Mormon Family Accept Son’s Homosexuality
When Christy Searle found out her 14-year-old son Zach was gay, she thought about all the dreams she had envisioned for him....
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Census: Nearly 1 in 5 Children in U.S. in Poverty
Nearly one in five children in the United States lived in poverty last year, with a much higher proportion of poverty among...
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759Children’s Rights Groups Against Giving School Cops Military Hardware
More than 20 national education and civil rights advocates sent a letter Monday to Department of Defense officials, urging them to stop...
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3.3KLGBTQ: New Center Links Civil Rights Movement to Human Rights
The center, which opened June 23, packs a punch, with music, archival TV footage, beautiful visual and interactive displays of the civil...
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Leaders & Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effectiveness
In its third iteration, this report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation seeks to statistically analyze, rank and grade the school...
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Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators
The OECD's annual publication on the state of education around the world.
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1.7KSigns of Sadness: Children Dealing with Death
ATLANTA — Bravely bearing the burden of taking care of a very sick parent can take a toll on children, particularly if...
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606Teachers, Researchers Praising Longer School Days
Students at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School in Meriden, Connecticut, are arriving back to school to 100 extra minutes of school each day....
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595Study: Two Years of Music Education Improves Reading, Speech
Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois believe that musical training plays an important role in educational achievement.
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Hidden in Plain Sight – A Statistical Analysis of Violence Against Children
UNICEF compiles data from 190 countries to provide a comprehensive, detailed report on the prevalence of violence against children worldwide, analyzing its...
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School Choice Today: Voucher Laws Across the States
The Center for Education Reform scores and ranks the charter school and voucher systems of the fourteen U.S. states in which they...
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Intentions to Smoke Cigarettes Among Never-Smoking U.S. Middle and High School Electronic Cigarette Users, National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2011-2013
A research study by researchers from the CDC, Georgia State University, and the FDA shows that growing numbers of youth who have...
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The Policing of Black Communities and Young People of Color
Black Youth Project compiles data from several national polls demonstrating the overwhelmingly negative views black communities have about the police and legal...
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922Hollywood Leaders to Mentor Los Angeles Public School Students
LOS ANGELES — This fall, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students will have the opportunity to meet and work alongside actors,...
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2.5KFamily Separation a Big Issue for Kids Migrating from Central America
As the school year gets under way, migrant kids who speak little English and who have endured epic journeys to the United...
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1.1KAt Higher Achievement, Staff as Well as Students Get Writing Lessons
Academic rigor is the name of the game at Higher Achievement, an after-school and summer program based in Washington, D.C., and serving...
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2.3KCollege Football Hall of Fame Opens in Atlanta
“There’s no substitute for hard work. It is the price of success.” — Earl “Red” Blaik, Army football coach.
