Research

New Opportunities for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age

Serious Injuries from Fights Lead to IQ Loss in Kids

Adolescents who receive serious injuries from fights may experience something even worse than the sting of defeat: a significant drop in their...

Mississippi State University Gets $2 Million to Study Juvenile Substance Abuse Programming

Mississippi State University received a $2 million grant last week to research substance abuse prevention and treatment options for the state’s juvenile...

New Report Documents Effects of Childhood Poverty on Education, Adult Life

The United States prides itself on being the land of opportunity, and we like to believe that everyone has the chance to...

Poverty and Education: Finding the Way Forward

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013

Researchers Question Link Between Early Puberty and Adolescent Behavioral Problems

Australian researchers have published findings that dispute previous studies linking early puberty with greater likelihoods of young people developing mental health issues....

Well and Well-Off: Decreasing Medicaid and Health-Care Costs by Increasing Educational Attainment

-Full report- Author(s):  Alliance for Excellent Education Bill DeBaun Martens Roc Dr. Peter Muennig – Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health...

Report Teaches Cities How to Improve Afterschool Programming

The Wallace Foundation examines some of the best practices used by the nation’s top afterschool programs, in a recently released report. The...

Effects of State Medical Marijuana Laws on Adolescent Marijuana Use

Medical Marijuana Laws Don’t Increase Adolescent Use, Study Says

Medical marijuana laws have no effect on the likelihood a young person will smoke pot, according to a new report. The study,...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book

New KIDS COUNT Data Reveals Both Improvements and Failings in Child Wellbeing

The latest numbers from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book finds mixed results for the nation’s youth —...

Charter Schools Improving but Success is Uneven, Duncan Says

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is tired of the vacillating “good news, bad news” stories that always seem to describe charter...

Types of Alcohol Use Experience From Childhood Through Adolescence

Alcohol Use Common Among Kids, Study Says

Two out of five second-graders have tasted alcohol, a number that shoots up to six out of ten for 12-year-olds, according to...

Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2012

Association Between Exposure to Suicide and Suicidality Outcomes in Youth

Teen Suicide May Be “Contagious,” Says Canadian Study

A new report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests that teenagers may be at greater risk if they know of classmates...

OP-ED: Opening Our Eyes to Uncomfortable Truths

Athens, Ga., is a funny town. It’s the home of the University of Georgia, meaning some 35,000 students make their home here...