U.S. Department of Labor Twenty-year-old females are 20 percent more likely to be enrolled in college than are their male counterparts, says...
Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University Employment rates for 16- to 19-year-olds have been declining or stagnant since 1989, and the...
YouthBuild USA This report on YouthBuild’s Youthful Offender Project stresses the need for re-entry programs to prevent recidivism. Part of the U.S....
The Urban Institute This report examines the results of five programs initiated from the 1990s through 2000 to help low-income noncustodial fathers...
Cooperative Institutional Research Program/UCLA The majority of college freshmen answering this survey reported that they had experienced the “right amount” of parental...
Journal of Adolescent Health Adolescent sexual health research studies educate youth and encourage them to practice safe sex. However, young people’s participation...
American Sociological Review High school males in contact sports such as football and wrestling are at heightened risk of participating in serious...
Bureau of Justice Statistics Among the findings reported here, based on data gathered by the National Crime Victimization Survey and the FBI’s...
UNICEF Each day about 26,000 children under age 5, most of whom live in developing regions, die from preventable causes. UNICEF is...
Healthy Teen Network This report focuses on the importance of involving at-risk youth in positive activities in order to combat teen pregnancy,...
It was billed as a congressional hearing about vouchers for after-school programs, but it was more akin to a grand jury proceeding,...
Thinking Cap: Tyrone Jones of Our House weighs in. Photo: Matt Spangler Catonsville, Md.—Assistant Professor Lisa Boone raps a finger on the...
When the multi-service giant KidsPeace hired C.T. O’Donnell as CEO in 1999, he stepped into the shoes of a long-serving, beloved leader...
In a twist that could influence the resolution of other pending child welfare cases, an independent accreditation organization – the Council on...
No matter how many problems your child welfare system has, you can usually take solace that you’re not in Mississippi. For years...
Congress finally finished fiscal 2008 appropriations the day after Christmas, again packing the budget with pet-project presents. But many in the...
The Forum for Youth Investment State children’s cabinets are typically made up of the heads of government agencies serving a state’s youngest...
Policy Studies Associates (PSA), the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of California, Irvine This two-year study of elementary and middle school...
National Center for Education Statistics The high school dropout rate was 3.9 percent for the 2004-2005 school year – similar to the...
U.S. Census Bureau Thirty-three percent of 26- to 29-year-old women have a bachelor’s degree – an increase of 6 percentage points since...