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A collection of research summaries from 2008 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.
Children Succeeding in School 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
Research brief at RAND Corporation website
Evaluating the Spirituality for Kids After-School Program
— Apr. 2008
Parental Incarceration and Child Wellbeing in Fragile Families
— Apr. 2008
Research brief at Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University website
CORAL Initiative
— Feb. 2008
Disconnected Youth: Federal Action Could Address Some of the Challenges Faced by Local Programs That Reconnect Youth to Education and Employment
— Feb. 2008
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985-2004
— Feb. 2008
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers
— Feb. 2008
Instructional Time in Elementary Schools: A Closer Look at Changes for Specific Subjects
— Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth
— Feb. 2008
Petitioned Status Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
— Feb. 2008
Unrealistic Fatalism in U.S. Youth Ages 14 to 22: Prevalence and Characteristics
— Feb. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System
— Jan. 2008
Early Childhood Health Problems and Prevention Strategies: Costs and Benefits
— Jan. 2008
Variety of Approaches Help Children Overcome Auditory Processing and Language Problems
— Jan. 2008
Building Bodies, Boosting Brains
— Winter 2008
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?
— 2008
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