2006

The purpose of this grant is to support the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) in their continued efforts to provide research-based information on quality after-school programs to policymakers.

How is media use during childhood and adolescence related to obesity?

Can a program that provides regular feedback from a master teacher on the classroom performance of early-career, secondary school teachers change teachers’ interactions with students?

Support was provided for a book that intends to improve understanding and communication between the research and policy communities.

What are the characteristics of both students’ group dynamics and the culture of high schools that promote or discourage Black and Latino students’ inclusion in school life and academic advancement? Are these characteristics different in schools that are predominantly minority ...

The goal for this project is to raise awareness of children’s issues with candidates and the public.

A group of neighborhood researchers will meet to examine the state of knowledge on the effects of neighborhoods on individual and family functioning and the methodological and measurement challenges in studying neighborhood effects.

Members of the Study Group on Race Culture and Ethnicity will conduct a meta-analytic model to examine the role of culture and context in ethnic differences in parenting and in relations between parenting (including racial socialization) and child outcomes.

Funding was given to support the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers.

The Rockefeller Archive Center was founded in 1974 to bring together the existing archives of the Rockefeller family, Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Rockefeller University, and such other Rockefeller-related institutions as wanted to make their archives available to qualified...