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Supporting and Caring for our Bisexual Youth
A new report by the Human Rights Campaign in partnership with BiNet USA, Bisexual Organizing Project and the Bisexual Resource Center which...
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Kids’ Share 2014: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2013
The Urban Institute's annual report that breaks down and analyzes the numbers when it comes to federal spending and tax expenditures on...
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Absences Add Up: How School Attendance Influences Student Success
Attendance Works analyzes national testing data and data on student attendance from across the country, demonstrating the consistent link between the two.
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Leaders & Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effectiveness
In its third iteration, this report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation seeks to statistically analyze, rank and grade the school...
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Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators
The OECD's annual publication on the state of education around the world.
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Hidden in Plain Sight – A Statistical Analysis of Violence Against Children
UNICEF compiles data from 190 countries to provide a comprehensive, detailed report on the prevalence of violence against children worldwide, analyzing its...
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School Choice Today: Voucher Laws Across the States
The Center for Education Reform scores and ranks the charter school and voucher systems of the fourteen U.S. states in which they...
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Intentions to Smoke Cigarettes Among Never-Smoking U.S. Middle and High School Electronic Cigarette Users, National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2011-2013
A research study by researchers from the CDC, Georgia State University, and the FDA shows that growing numbers of youth who have...
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The Policing of Black Communities and Young People of Color
Black Youth Project compiles data from several national polls demonstrating the overwhelmingly negative views black communities have about the police and legal...
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Expenditures on Children by Families 2013
The latest iteration of the USDA's annual report estimating the expenditures on children by American families. It shows, among many other things,...
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How America Pays for College 2014
An annual national study prepared by Sallie Mae and Ipsos which quantifies and discusses the ways in which families across the U.S....
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Changing the Culture of Youth Sports
Safe Kids Worldwide takes a look at the wide-ranging and often inconsistent safety practices in youth sports across the nation.
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CDC Vital Signs – Progress on Children Eating More Fruit, Not Vegetables
The CDC analyzes healthy childhood eating trends from 2003 to 2010.
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Some College, No Degree: A National View of Students with Some College Enrollment, but No Completion
A report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center and the Project on Academic Success at Indiana University which discusses the economic...
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Common Core Goes to College: Building Better Connections Between High School and Higher Education
The New America Foundation analyzes the misalignment between higher education and K-12 education since the adoption of the Common Core Standards and...
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Perception of Weight Status in U.S. Children and Adolescents, Aged 8–15 Years
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which illustrates the way American youth misperceive their weight status.
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Missing the Point: The Real Impact of Native Mascots and Team Names on American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
A research report by the Center for American Progress which analyzes and makes policy recommendations about the mental impact racially-derogatory Native American...
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The 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual comprehensive report assessing the well-being of children across the nation and ranking states based on an...
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Federal Funding for Students with Disabilities: The Evolution of Federal Special Education Finance in the U.S.
A policy brief and analysis of the history of special education funding and grant allocation in the U.S. by the New America...
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Left Behind: How LGBT Young People Are Excluded from Economic Prosperity
The Center for American Progress analyzes the disproportionate challenges LGBT youth face in the post-recession economy and makes policy recommendations that can...
