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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...

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...

Funds were given to create and evaluate a research forum and structured mentoring program at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM).

How do students’ changing relationships with parents, teachers, and peers influence their math/science achievement and course taking? How do these influences shift over time and within contexts...

Funds were given for two policy meetings focusing on the use of evidence and research-based knowledge in shaping policy and practice in education.