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Generation M²: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds

Kaiser Family Foundation The average child’s overall media consumption increased by one hour and 17 minutes every day between 2004 and...

Teens and Sexting

Pew Charitable Trusts A 2009 telephone survey of 800 teens between the ages of 12 and 17, as well as a series...

Growing What Works

Public/Private Ventures Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) draws six recommendations from its seven years of working with the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Pennsylvania....

Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America

Pew Hispanic Center Latino youth are more likely than other American youth to drop out of school, become teenage parents, and...

Strengthening Indian Country Through Tribal Youth Programs

American Youth Policy Forum & Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention This report on Tribal Youth Programs (TYPs), which help...

Good Intentions: The Beliefs and Values of Teens and Tweens Today

Girl Scout Research Institute (GRSI) and Harris Interactive Youth today are far more committed to being responsible, valuing diversity, being accepting...

The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty: Poverty Statistics for 2008 and Growth in Need during 2009

Brookings Institution and First FocusU.S. Census Bureau Two new research reports provide evidence of the impact of the recession on child...

Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety on Cost, Harsher Judgements on How Colleges are Run

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and Public Agenda According to a survey conducted by The National Center for...

College- and Career- Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success

This report focuses on a new way of determining which high schools are turning out the students best prepared to take on...

Using Information from Income Tax Forms to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach: Preliminary Results of the Maryland Kids First Act

State Health Access Data Assistance Center The state of Maryland has started to use adjusted gross income and various data from...

The Future of Children: Preventing Child Maltreatment

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University The investigations of the families of 1.86 million U.S. children for...

Evaluating the Long-term Impacts of AmeriCorps Service on Participants

Pardee Rand Graduate SchoolThe RAND Corp. Since the establishment of AmeriCorps in 1993, more than 500,000 people have served in its...

Community Schools Improve Graduation Rates

National Association of Secondary School Principals and the Coalition for Community Schools Community schools are effective in increasing high school graduation...

Lifelines: Linking to Federal Benefits for People Exiting Corrections

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has released a three-volume report emphasizing the importance...

Understanding Donors’ Motivations

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana State University This report concludes that the motivations of donors are highly correlated to level...

Social Isolation and New Technology

Pew Internet & American Life Project Research findings in 2006 found that the number of core discussion networks had declined and...

Parents Matter: The Role of Parents in Teens’ Decisions About Sex

Child Trends A new study of the relationship between parental roles and teen decisions on sex revealed that the two are...

Assessing Bullying: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners

Assessing Bullying: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners and Assessing Peer Conflict Aggressive Behaviors: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners...

Understanding Donors’ Motivations

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana State University This new Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University report concludes that the motivations of...