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Kids’ Share 2011: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2010

The Brookings Institution and The Urban Institute The fifth annual Kids’ Share report represents a milestone in the analysis and reporting of...

Tweets, E-mails Fly to ‘Save Pell’

Students are planning to take on the government in their media today, staging a one-day blitz of tweets, emails and other electronic...

Secondhand Smoke and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Adolescents

Archives of Otolaryngology Secondhand smoke, the perils of which continue to grow, has now been linked to possible hearing loss in adolescents....

A Statistical Portrait of American Postsecondary Students

Students attending for-profit colleges are more likely to be poor, poorly prepared for college, most dependent on financial aid, most likely to...

A Statistical Portrait of American Postsecondary Students

Students attending for-profit colleges are more likely to be poor, poorly prepared for college, most dependent on financial aid, most likely to...

The Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation

Urban Institute This new evaluation by researchers from the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center (UI-JPC), RTI International (RTI) and the Center for...

Texas Study on Suspension and Expulsion: A Look at the Major Findings

A report on school discipline released this week by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and Public Policy Research Institute could...

Obama Administration to Fight Harsh School Discipline

The U.S. Justice and Education departments are making disruption of the “school to prison” pipeline – which can begin with minor school...

Achievement Trends of Schools and Students in Arizona’s Title I School Improvement Program

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) This report describes how Arizona public schools found to need improvement under Title I of No Child...

National Postsecondary Enrollment Trends Before, During and After the Great Recession

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center This report spotlights national and regional college enrollment trends among traditional-age, first-time students during the fall...

‘Beyond Scared Straight’ Renewed for Second Season

“Beyond Scared Straight,” a popular and controversial cable television reality show that was criticized by Department of Justice officials for depicting a...

House Committee Votes to Strip Restrictions on Title I, Other Funds

The House Education and the Workforce Committee voted today – strictly along party lines – to allow local school districts to spend...

House Appropriations Committee Eliminates Most Juvenile Justice Funding

A spending bill that eliminates most federal funding for juvenile justice activities was approved today by the House Appropriations Committee, and is...

Civil Union Laws Can Spell End of Child Welfare Services for Faith-based Groups

Most states that have approved same-sex marriage or civil unions have not lost the services of faith-based child welfare providers, but the...

GAO Says U.S. Child Maltreatment Deaths Are Undercounted

Officially, the number of children who died of maltreatment in the United States in 2009 was 1,770. That’s the count from the...

‘Beyond Scared Straight’ Renewed for Second Season

“Beyond Scared Straight,” a popular and controversial cable television reality show that was criticized by Department of Justice officials for depicting a...

House Approps May Gut Spending on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

The House subcommittee that oversees Justice Department funding produced an appropriations bill this week that would slash activities authorized by the Juvenile...