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What Prompts Youths to Carry Guns?
Specifying the Role of Exposure to Violence and Violent Behavior on Initiation of Gun Carrying: A Longitudinal Test of Three Models of...
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Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Use of illicit drugs by youth is still way down from earlier in the decade,...
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The Impact of Bullying Climate on Schoolwide Academic Performance
Virginia Youth Violence Project The pervasiveness of bullying has an effect on the academic performance of students, according to findings from the...
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Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking Up from the American Dream
The Pew Charitable Trusts One-third of Americans who grow up in a middle-class family, defined as between 30 percent and 70 percent...
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Child Maltreatment: Strengthening National Data on Child Fatalities Could Aid in Prevention,
Government Accountability Office Officially, the number of children who died of maltreatment in the United States in 2009 was 1,770. That’s the...
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One in Five Teens Report Being Bullied Online
Nearly one of every five kids between age 12 and 17 report being “cyber bullied,” according to a recent survey that examined...
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Staying on Track: Early Findings from a Performance-Based Scholarship Program at the University of New Mexico
MDRC An experimental scholarship program at the University of New Mexico that provides extra income for low-income students who keep up their...
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Making Every Diploma Count: Using Extended-Year Graduation Rates to Measure Student Success
American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), Gateway to College National Network and the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) This issue brief argues that...
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An Examination of Sex Differences in Relation to the Eating Habits and Nutrient Intakes of University Students
National Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior College students aren’t eating even as much as a serving a day of fruits and...
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How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Preparation
How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Participation National Center for Postsecondary Research This report...
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Volunteering Dropped Slightly in 2010
The latest annual edition of Volunteering in America, released today, shows a slight decrease in the number of people volunteering and the...
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Integrating Technology with Student-Centered Learning
Nellie Mae Education Foundation Student-centered learning focuses on educational principles and practices that include providing all students with equal access to the...
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Healthy Youth / Healthy Regions: Informing Action for the Nine County Capital Region (Calif.) and Its Youth
UC Davis Center for Regional Change, Sierra Health Foundation, and The California Endowment The study examines and documents the connections between youth...
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System Overload: The Costs of Under-Resourcing Public Defense
Justice Policy Institute Public defense systems across the United States are overburdened, according to this new report from the Justice Policy Institute. ...
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Early Childhood Policy Focus: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
Child Trends This brief analyzes data and current research on the nutritional and exercise habits of children under the age of 6...
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Kids’ Share 2011: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2010
The Brookings Institution and The Urban Institute The fifth annual Kids’ Share report represents a milestone in the analysis and reporting of...
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Secondhand Smoke and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Adolescents
Archives of Otolaryngology Secondhand smoke, the perils of which continue to grow, has now been linked to possible hearing loss in adolescents....
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A Statistical Portrait of American Postsecondary Students
Students attending for-profit colleges are more likely to be poor, poorly prepared for college, most dependent on financial aid, most likely to...
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A Statistical Portrait of American Postsecondary Students
Students attending for-profit colleges are more likely to be poor, poorly prepared for college, most dependent on financial aid, most likely to...
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The Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation
Urban Institute This new evaluation by researchers from the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center (UI-JPC), RTI International (RTI) and the Center for...
