PubHub - Children and Youth Reports

Stepping Up for Kids: What Government and Communities Should Do to Support Kinship Families

2012-05-30

Publisher: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Published: May 2012
Provides an overview of kinship care; its positive impact on the children, state agencies, and society; and policy recommendations to better support kinship care, including boosting Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, foster care, and other benefits.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Human Services; Human Services, Family Services

Transforming America's Primary Education System for the 21st Century

2012-05-30

Publisher: Foundation for Child Development
Published: March 2012
Highlights, in slides, the need to transform early childhood education; evidence of the effectiveness of a pre-K-to-third-grade program with aligned standards, curricula, instruction, and assessment; and its implementation to date.
Funder(s): Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Children and Youth, Early Childhood; Elementary and Secondary Education

Teens & Online Video

2012-05-17

Publisher: Pew Internet & American Life Project
Published: May 2012
Presents survey findings about teens' likelihood of recording and uploading video, streaming video live, and using video chat applications by gender, age, race/ethnicity, household income, parents' education, and community type.
Funder(s): Pew Charitable Trusts
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Science/Technology; Science/Technology, Internet

Preschool and School Readiness: Experiences of Children With Non-English-Speaking Parents

2012-05-16

Publisher: Public Policy Institute of California
Author(s): Cannon, Jill S.; Alison Jacknowitz; Lynn A. Karoly
Published: May 2012
Examines gaps in school readiness among low-income children, especially those in immigrant and linguistically isolated families; the type of early care and education they receive; and the need for targeted center-based preschool programs to close gaps.
Funder(s): David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Children and Youth, Early Childhood; Education

Atlanta Civic Site: Climbing the Ladder of Reading Proficiency

2012-05-14

Publisher: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Published: May 2012
Describes the Dunbar Learning Complex, designed collaboratively to serve children living in poverty through best practices, research and evaluation, family empowerment, and a focus on health and community. Reviews initial impact after two years.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Children and Youth, Early Childhood; Elementary and Secondary Education

How Would Programs Rate Under California's Proposed Quality Rating and Improvement System?: Evidence From Statewide and County Data on Early Care and Education Program Quality

2012-05-14

Publisher: RAND Corporation
Author(s): Karoly, Lynn A.; Gail L. Zellman
Published: May 2012
Examines how the state's licensed early childcare and education providers would rate according to the proposed system based on ratio and group size, teaching and learning, family involvement, staff education and training, and program leadership.
Funder(s): David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Children and Youth, Early Childhood; Education

Findings From a Randomized Experiment of Playworks: Selected Results From Cohort 1

2012-05-02

Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Published: April 2012
Examines the impact of Playworks, which places full-time coaches in low-income schools to engage students in physical activity, foster cooperation and conflict resolution skills, improve focus, reduce behavioral problems, and improve school climate.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Elementary and Secondary Education; Elementary and Secondary Education, School Reform

Eagle Scouts: Merit Beyond the Badge

2012-04-29

Publisher: Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion
Author(s): Jang, Sung Joon; Byron R. Johnson; Young-II Kim
Published: April 2012
Compares Eagle Scouts with other Scouts and non-Scouts in the areas of health and recreation, connectedness to family and community, service and leadership, environmental stewardship, goal orientation, planning and preparedness, and character.
Funder(s): John Templeton Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Children and Youth, Youth/Adolescents; Athletics/Sports

Exterior Marketing Practices of Fast-Food Restaurants

2012-04-21

Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Published: March 2012
Examines the prevalence of signs, posters, banners, and flags on fast-food restaurants' buildings and properties in public middle and high school enrollment areas by type of restaurant, type of advertising, neighborhood demographics, and income level.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Children and Youth; Minorities

Icebreaker Meetings Toolkit: A Tool for Building Relationships Between Birth and Foster Parents

2012-04-19

Publisher: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Published: March 2012
Describes how Icebreaker meetings designed to connect birth and foster parents benefit all parties, in part by allowing the child to see both parents and caregivers focusing on his/her best interests. Shares group processes, challenges, and successes.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Human Services; Human Services, Family Services