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Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed – Progress Report 2015
The United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) and A Promise Renewed – a global partnership initiative aimed at ending preventable child and maternal...
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School Start Times for Middle School and High School Students
In one of its "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports", the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presents data about and discusses...
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Disproportionate Impact of K-12 School Suspension and Expulsion on Black Students in Southern States
This new report from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education highlights the racially disproportionate nature of school discipline in 13...
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Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Initiation of Combustible Tobacco Product Smoking in Early Adolescence
Researchers from the University of Southern California, University of California, Colorado State University and the University of Pennsylvania use data gathered from...
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Trends in Television Food Advertising to Young People: 2014 Update
The University of Connecticut's Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity updates their periodical publication on the latest trends and data in...
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The 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book
This annual publication by the Annie E. Casey Foundation uses an index of 16 indicators to comprehensively evaluate child well-being across all...
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From Statehouse to Schoolhouse: Anti-Bullying Policy Efforts in U.S. States and School Districts
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) produced this report to comprehensively examine the anti-bullying policies of all 13,181 school districts...
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Understanding the Geography of Growth in Rural Child Poverty
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Economic Research Service uses census bureau data to analyze and explain the sharp rise in the prevalence...
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The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story
This report authored by Human Rights Project for Girls, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality and the Ms. Foundation for Women...
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Children’s Budget 2015
The bi-partisan advocacy organization, First Focus, presents a detailed overview of the latest data on federal spending on children and highlights a...
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Re-Examining Juvenile Incarceration – High Cost, Poor Outcomes Spark Shift to Alternatives
This issue brief from the Pew Charitable Trusts presents research which shows that shorter sentences and community-based treatments are more effective than...
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Zeroing In on Place and Race: Youth Disconnection in America’s Cities
Measure of America uses new data to provide a comprehensive look at the quality of life and general welfare of the roughly...
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The Condition of Education 2015
The latest edition of the National Center for Education Statistics' annual "Condition of Education" report utilizes 42 indicators to summarize and explain...
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Every Kid Needs a Family – Giving Children in the Child Welfare System the Best Chance for Success
The Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzes the latest national data on children in the child welfare/foster system and makes recommendations on how...
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2015 Building a Grad Nation Report – Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic
This sixth edition of the annual report on high school graduation rates highlights considerable progress in raising graduation rates across the country,...
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The Economic Value of College Majors
This comprehensive report by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce details the economic value of 137 different college majors.
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Status Offenses: A National Survey
The Coalition for Juvenile Justice examines the laws concerning status offenses state-by-state and finds a wide variation in the laws and how...
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State Higher Education Finance FY 2014
This report by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) association utilizes the latest possible data to present an overview of the...
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National Autism Indicators Report: Transition Into Young Adulthood
The A.J. Drexel Autism Institute provides a comprehensive look at the rarely-researched outcomes of autistic youth during and after the transition into...
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A Matter of Equity: Preschool in America
The U.S. Dept. of Education recently released this report which sheds light on the problem of unequal access to early childhood education....
