Education and Family
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Early Investment Equals Academic Success: How States Can Get the Most for their Education Program Dollars
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Programs like North Carolina’s Smart Start and More at Four are producing better academic outcomes – and not just for the children in the programs.
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Neighborhood Effects: The Influence on School Closures and Openings
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New study finds that closing urban public schools can lead to educational alternatives that increase segregation.
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The Role of City Planners in Building Family-Friendly Communities
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A new study examines the attitudes of planners towards family-friendly communities and finds several factors are critical to the creation of urban environments that are more conducive to child welfare and development.
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Policy Radio | Tim King on the Goals, Challenges, and Successes of Charter Schools
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This week, Kristyn Bretz speaks with Urban Prep Academies CEO Tim King about the mission of charter schools, the unique challenges of supporting African-American male students, and how the experiences of charter schools can inform the public school system.
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Learned Behavior: With Parents in Prison, Do Children Develop Lasting Bad Health Habits?
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With more and more parents in prison, what can we expect of their children’s health outcomes as adults?
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Can Different Learning Activities Bring Out Students’ Unseen Academic Potential?
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Problem-based learning units can help teachers identify students with advanced academic potential whose giftedness might otherwise be ignored.
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Widening the Gap: China’s Land Reform and Gender Disparities
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The main culprit for China’s gender gap expansion in the early 1980s might have been the post-Mao land reform rather than the One Child Policy.
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Editor’s Note: Opportunity and Need in the Juvenile Justice System
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We take a look back at the articles from our Child and Family Special Series on Juvenile Justice and the powerful, lasting consequences for the youth involved.
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Consequences of Juvenile Arrests on Education: How Law and Educational Policies Hurt More than Help
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Adolescents who are arrested are more likely to drop out of high school and to fail to enroll in a four-year college.
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Are We Reaching Young Women Most at Need in the Juvenile Justice System?
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Why is the rate of juvenile delinquency falling less slowly for females than for males? The key may lie in understanding the diversity in the population?
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Discipline and Punishment: How School Suspensions Impact the Likelihood of Juvenile Arrest
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A new study links students’ suspension or expulsion from school to a more than doubled likelihood of arrest.