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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...
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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...
