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Matt Shirrell

Disparities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Services in the U.S.

Margarita Alegría and colleagues investigate disparities in mental health and mental health services for minority youth. Taking a developmental perspective, the authors explore four areas that may...

Margarita Alegría, Jennifer Greif Green, Katie A. McLaughlin and Stephen Loder

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Katie A. McLaughlin

Joanna Williams is an associate professor at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education.

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The Hidden Costs of Growing up in the Shadow of Wealth for Low-Income Children

We found that low-income boys who live alongside more affluent neighbors engaged in more antisocial behavior than their low-income peers growing up in concentrated poverty.

Candice Odgers

3/24/2015

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Candice Odgers is an Associate Professor of public policy, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, Associate Director of the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy, and a former William T....

Duke University

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Disparities in School Discipline: The Complex Face of Inequality in Education

The national conversation about disparities in law-enforcement practices in the wake of high profile instances of police–community violence in minority communities has been intense, heated, and...

Russell Skiba

3/10/2015

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Russell Skiba

Russell Skiba is Professor in Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University. He has worked with schools across the country, directed numerous federal and state research grants, and...

Indiana University

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Strategies to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare

Abstract Using research evidence is critical to child welfare agencies’ ability to offer effective programs, yet gaps exist between research evidence and needs within the field. Child welfare...

Lydia Killos, Catherine Roller White, Peter J. Pecora, Erin Maher, Kirk O’Brien, Kim DuMont, Fred Wulczyn, Bryan Samuels and Clare Anderson

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Clare Anderson

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

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Restorative Justice and the Reclamation of Civic Education for Youth

The goal of this project is to better understand the challenges organizations face when initiating restorative justice initiatives.

Maisha Winn

2015 – 2016
$153,933.00

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The Dynamics of Peer Influence and Student Decision Making In An Era of School Choice

How do young people’s peer networks and school settings affect the decisions they make about their educational futures?

David Hachen, Megan Andrew and Jennifer Flashman

RAND Corporation

2015 – 2018

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Increasing Student Engagement: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice

The goal of this Fellowship is to learn more about the policymaking process in order to write research that is more accessible and usable to legislators.

Jennifer Fredricks

Connecticut College

2015 – 2016
$141,103.00

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Professional Development & Training Materials for Youth Teaching Artists

This grant will support the development of a more robust training program for teaching artists who serve the Stuttering Association for the Young’s after-school arts program participants.

Noah Cornman

SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young

2015 – 2016
$25,000.00

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STEM Initiative of Figure Skating in Harlem

This grant will be used to integrate science, technology, engineering, and math into Figure Skating lessons in Harlem’s curriculum and program activities.

Sharon Cohen

Figure Skating in Harlem

2015 – 2016
$25,000.00

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Hour Tutoring Program

This grant will allow Hour Children to improve its child care programs by adding personal tutoring and small-group instruction for participating youth.

Tesa Fitzgerald

Hour Children

2015 – 2017
$25,000.00

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Girls and Boys Projects Training and Implementation

This grant will support the development of a curriculum to reduce bullying and build positive self-esteem among Hartley House’s program participants.

Nicole Cicogna

Hartley House, Inc.

2015 – 2016
$25,000.00

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The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment: Implications for the Benefits and Costs of Generous and Universal College Subsidies

Can a scholarship program offering college tuition subsidies reduce gaps in college enrollment, credits attempted, and post-secondary credentials earned?

Marta Lachowska, Brad Hershbein and Timothy Bartik

W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research

2015

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Maisha Winn

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Disparities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Services in the U.S.

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The Hidden Costs of Growing up in the Shadow of Wealth for Low-Income Children

Candice Odgers

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Strategies to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare

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Increasing Student Engagement: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice

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STEM Initiative of Figure Skating in Harlem

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