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Numerous federal initiatives are increasing the incentives and pressures for state and local education agencies to adopt policies and practices that are grounded in research, yet little is known about how these agencies access, evaluate, or use research findings.

What factors contribute to gender differences in adolescent health risk behaviors (e.g., cigarette, alcohol, and drug use, sexual activity, birth control use)? How can this information be used in intervention programs and policies to reduce engagement in such risky ...

Although research on effective child and adolescent mental health interventions has grown significantly over the past two decades, public mental health care systems have been slow to draw on this ...

The common standards movement, which seeks to establish similar academic standards across multiple states, is rapidly gaining traction—the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers have developed a set of core standards and the U....

How do incidents of extreme violence or other stressors in adolescents’ neighborhoods affect their cognitive functioning and school performance?

How does financial aid affect the lives of low-income college students?

How do local economic and social changes affect school disengagement and dropout?

How do intensive policing practices affect adolescent boys’ anti-social behaviors? Do these policies differ across racial lines?

The over-representation of African-American youth among those disciplined with out-of-school suspension and expulsion is a major issue in educational equity.

Developed by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, the Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT) is an instrument designed to examine particular aspects of after-school program quality that research suggests contribute to desired ...