As part of a larger effort to provide students with more successful educational experiences, this report offers suggestions to out-of-school-time staffers on...
This report has found that although drug testing of high school students has a slight positive impact on their past-month drug...
Controversy continues to swirl around for-profit colleges as the behind-the-scenes role of hedge funds on the industry is called into question, according...
The Lumina Foundation for Education, one of the best-known higher-education philanthropies, is shifting its focus from program initiatives to policy development, according...
Two new reports – both from the youth advocacy group First Focus – present the prospect of a troubling future for the...
The Corporation for National and Community Service is in the process of formulating its five-year strategic plan – required from it and...
Educators and policymakers are beginning to focus on the question of why so many youths entering college need remedial courses in reading,...
Educators and policymakers are beginning to focus on the question of why so many youths entering college need remedial courses in reading,...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has helped plant the seed of national education standards and merit-based pay for teachers with nearly...
A Washington-based nonprofit that aims to monitor college costs and expenditures released an online database this week that makes it easy for...
In 2008, 5.7 million children were living in extreme poverty – subsisting on half or less than what constitutes poverty in this...
This brief summarizes a study conducted by the Urban Institute of the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program and...
A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation offers useful information for organizations dealing with Haitian families and children and those...
Judge David Bell, the former chief juvenile judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in Louisiana and a prominent participant in a...
In the coming years, low- and moderate-income youth will find it increasingly difficult to afford the cost of a college degree because...
Public/Private Ventures & The Wallace Foundation P/PV analyzes the success and impediments in implementing one of the country’s more well-known citywide...
Foundation for Child Development, Duke University Children under 18 comprise the largest group of Americans in poverty, and overall conditions –...
More than 50 national organizations have taken the first steps toward a new national campaign to reduce pregnancies among Latina teens –...
Low-Income Working Families Project, Urban Institute Children born into poverty whose families continue to be poor for several years have worse...
Only about one in six of the children who regularly receive free or reduced-price lunch during the school year received lunch through...