How can youth perspectives inform the development of community interventions that aim to improve adolescent behavioral health by promoting social inclusion and mitigating social exclusion?
Do the effects of a coaching program found to reduce the racial discipline gap in a teacher’s single classroom generalize to the teacher’s other classrooms?
What circumstances bring parents under Child Protective Services (CPS) supervision? How do parents respond after their children are removed from them? How does CPS intervention change the attitudes, behaviors, and material conditions of birth parents?
Can a school-based intervention focused on increasing school motivation and academic outcomes of low-SES adolescents have positive effects on students’ health?
Systematically considering programs, practices, and policies that may move the needle in some of these important areas is the next frontier of research if we want to address inequality for this fast growing group of students.
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.
