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Can a school-based emotional literacy intervention produce setting-level changes in social processes between students and teachers? Will these changes enhance social, emotional, and academic...

This report will provide a comprehensive analysis of teacher evaluation in American public education.

What is the impact of full scholarships to college and on-going academic support on inner-city students in Washington, D.C.?

Can a voluntary summer reading intervention, including a family literacy program, improve the reading motivation and achievement of fourth graders?

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

This work focuses on analyzing a measure of classroom and school norms for prosocial interpersonal problem-solving.

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?

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?...

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...

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...

This study aimed to better understand this phenomenon by identifying the associated family, peer group, school, and neighborhood structures and processes.

Can capacity-building support for after-school programs improve organizational structure and processes?

Can a feedback process for after-school program workers improve the quality of after-school program settings?

Is helping youth behave well in after-school an early step in being able to involve them in engaging activities?

Can a school-wide social-emotional learning and literacy program improve how classrooms function? Do the effects of the program also extend to non-classroom school settings?

Research on Asian American children presents an interesting paradox: while they tend to do well academically, they tend to adjust poorly psychologically.

What are the best ways to strengthen the quality, use, and utility of social science research?

What explains recent trends in black-white test score gaps for 4th and 8th graders and what role do out-of-school factors play?

Funding was provided for a technical report from a previously funded grant, “Positive Youth Development: Research Synthesis and Dissemination of Key Findings.”

Can the Higher Achievement Program improve the academic performance of low-income students? If so, how does it do so?