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...
Georgetown University Health Policy Institution, Center for Children and Families A federal rule issued in August to limit the expansion of state...
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, California Researchers say that high school dropouts in California are three-and-a-half times as likely as high school...
Pew Internet & American Life Project, et al Scattered throughout this comprehensive report on where the public gets its information are statistics...
National Center for Education Statistics The vast majority of the 54.8 million students enrolled in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade during the 2005-2006...
MultiState Working Families Consortium This report argues for a change in government standards to better promote a family-friendly work environment, particularly in...
UCLA AIDS Institute Newly homeless youth are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior if they stay in non-family settings –...
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Teaching abstinence in schools has sometimes been justified on the grounds that abstaining...
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, The Preteen Alliance Researchers who perused literature and studies about the best methods for obtaining information...
The plan doesn’t have a catchy name, but the New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) hopes that a new “Growth...