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A collection of brief research summaries from 2004 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.
Children Succeeding in School 2004 Archives
Achieving State and National Literacy Goals, a Long Uphill Road
— Dec. 2004
News release at RAND Corporation website
Parent-Teen Relationships and Interactions: Far More Positive Than Not
— Dec. 2004
Research brief at Child Trends website
What Is Happening to Youth Employment Rates?
— Nov. 2004
All Work and No Play? Listening to What Kids and Parents Really Want from Out-of-School Time
— Nov. 2004
Evaluation of the Public Charter Schools Program: Final Report
— Nov. 2004
The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40
— Nov. 2004
Toward Safe and Orderly Schools: The National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools
— Nov. 2004
Trends in Educational Equity for Girls & Women
— Nov. 2004
The Lingering Academic Deficits of Low Birth Weight Children
— Oct. 2004
Parent Involvement and the Social and Academic Competencies of Urban Kindergarten Children
— Oct. 2004
When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st-Century Community Learning Centers Program
— Oct. 2004
A Matter of Class: Educational Achievement Reflects Family Background More Than Ethnicity or Immigration
— Fall 2004
Children, The Digital Divide, and Federal Policy
— Aug. 2004
1.1 Million Homeschooled Students in the U.S. in 2003
— July 2004
Full-day and Half-day Kindergarten in the U.S.
— June 2004
Teach for America Teachers Outperform Novice and Veteran Colleagues in Math; Achieve Same Results in Reading as Their Peers
— June 2004
Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children
— Apr. 2004
Individual Growth and School Success
— Apr. 2004
Education Watch: Key Education Facts and Figures for the Nation
— Spring 2004
Career Academies: Impacts on Labor Market Outcomes and Educational Attainment
— Mar. 2004
Reduced School Dropout Rates Among Adolescent Mothers Receiving School-Based Prenatal Care
— Mar. 2004
What Does Government Spend on Children? Evidence from Five Cities
— Mar. 2004
Who Graduates? Who Doesn't? A Statistical Portrait of Public High School Graduation, Class of 2001
— Feb. 2004
Changes in Children's Well-Being and Family Environments
— Jan. 2004
English Language Learners: Boosting Academic Achievement
— Jan. 2004
Largest Ever Study of Anti-Gay Harassment in Schools Shows the Problem Is Widespread, Dangerous and Preventable
— Jan. 2004
Sex, Drugs, and Delinquency in Urban and Suburban Public Schools
— Jan. 2004
Problems and Promise of the American Middle School
— 2004
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