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Texas Study on Suspension and Expulsion: A Look at the Major Findings
A report on school discipline released this week by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and Public Policy Research Institute could...
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Achievement Trends of Schools and Students in Arizona’s Title I School Improvement Program
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) This report describes how Arizona public schools found to need improvement under Title I of No Child...
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National Postsecondary Enrollment Trends Before, During and After the Great Recession
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center This report spotlights national and regional college enrollment trends among traditional-age, first-time students during the fall...
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GAO Says U.S. Child Maltreatment Deaths Are Undercounted
Officially, the number of children who died of maltreatment in the United States in 2009 was 1,770. That’s the count from the...
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Four Times More Florida Deaths from Legal, than Illegal, Drugs
Florida had four times as many deaths from legal drugs as illegal drugs in 2009, according to a report from the federal...
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Additional College Aid Doesn’t Always Increase Completion Rates
A new study that attempted to determine whether additional cash grants to college students who received Pell grants would push more of...
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America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics The largest annual collection of indicators on the health, behavior and circumstances of American...
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Affordability and Transfer Critical to Increase Bachelor’s Degree Completion
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education The importance of the U.S. having more college graduates and the role that community...
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Transforming Education Across the Pre-K to Grade Three Years
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) In the fall of 2010, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) convened a...
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How Young Americans Who Don’t Finish College See Their Chances for Success
Public Agenda Report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Although when in high school the vast majority of young Americans say...
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The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete Community College in D.C.
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) Although the number of high school...
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An Evaluation of the After School Matters Program
Northwestern University Although many policy makers and those in academia concur that after-school programs are important for students, participation in these programs...
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Rising Enrollments of Students with Disabilities at Higher Education Institutions
Institute of Education Sciences College and other post-secondary enrollments of students with disabilities continue to rise in the United States – with...
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Achievement Gap Between Caucasians and Hispanic Students in Grades Four and Eight
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) There were no significant changes in the differences in math and reading for white and Hispanic...
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Three-Year Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation
MDRC This report analyzes the results of the National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program, which targets high school dropouts between ages 16 and...
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Details of 2009 Child Maltreatment Data Released
New information released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides more details about the number of allegations of maltreatment...
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Developing a Tool for Assessing Risk of Inpatients’ Aggressive Behavior
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law This study assessed the Brief Rating of Aggression by Children and Adolescents...
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The Influence of Race, Income, and Risk on the Substantiation Decision in Child Welfare
Children and Youth Services Review This study uses data from the Texas child welfare system to identify the factors that contribute to...
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The Economic Value of College Majors
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce The report released by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, not...
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Non-income Effects of Welfare Receipt on Early Childhood Cognitive Scores
Children and Youth Services Review New research conducted at the University of Missouri and Central Michigan University looks at the effect that...
