All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"

Changes in Prevalence of Parent-reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in School-aged U.S. Children: 2007 to 2011–2012

2012 Final Report by Missouri’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children

By Choice, Not by Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development

2011 National School Climate Survey: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools

America’s Children in Brief 2012: Key National Indicators of Well-Being

Analyzing State Differences in Child Well-Being

Children in the United States – Report and Factsheet

Analysis of Obama’s Budget Proposal as it Relates to Youth Issues

“A breakdown and analysis of the President’s 2013 budget proposal as it relates to children and families.”

Analysis of State Bullying Laws and Policies

U.S. Department of Education The department examined the extent to which states legislatively required schools to address bullying and what model policies...

College Completion: The Latino Edition

The College Completion Agenda – Latino Edition College Board This new reports looks at what can be done to increase the number...

College Completion: The Latino Edition

The College Completion Agenda – Latino Edition College Board This new reports looks at what can be done to increase the number...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Civic Pathways Out of Poverty and Into Opportunity

Civic Pathways Out of Poverty and Into OpportunityPhilanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) The majority of children living in poverty are of...

City Roles in Creating High School Alternatives for Struggling Students

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded the National League of Cities to work with five cities (Corpus Christi, Texas; Hartford, Conn.;...

Common Ground: Education and the Military Meeting the Needs of Students

Educators can adapt many of the best practices the military applies to instruct secondary students enrolled in a cross-section of programs, including...

College Student Debt Increases

Student Debt and the Class of 2009 The Project on Student Debt This report, fifth in an annual series that examines cumulative...

City-wide Coordination of After-School Programs Helps Kids

Hours of OpportunityThe RAND Corporation Coordination among institutions that provide after-school activities to youths might be the key to better and more...