Star Tribune

Short take: Think Small, learn well

MinnPost

Ritalin and other drugs aren’t the answer for kids with attention problems, U of M professor writes

MinnPost

Obama’s student aid plan may not spark game-changing reform here, initial review suggests

National Youth Leadership Council Blog

Reflections on Children and Youth Issues Briefing

New York Times

The True Cost of High School Dropouts

MinnPost

Math-score differences arise from cultural factors, not innate biological differences, study suggests

MinnPost

Talking about race in the classroom

MPR

How to close the achievement gap? Greater school choice

Star Tribune

Minneapolis has second thoughts on integration

Star Tribune

Editorial: Lots of plans, little progress on achievement gap

Pioneer Press

What will college cost? Calculate it at each school’s website, to find out net cost, after aid

The Republic

Study lauds role of early education

Pioneer Press

Anoka-Hennepin and Burnsville school districts finding ways to fund free kindergarten

Pioneer Press

Arne Duncan, U.S. schools chief, gives Minnesota thumbs up

Washington Post

States should make better use of academic data, study says

Afterschool Alliance

How Minnesota is Helping to Keep the Lights on After School

Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota

Minnesota Kids Count 2011: Economic Security and Child Well-Being

Search Institute

Positive Youth Development So Far: Core Hypotheses and Their Implications

Wilder Research

Child Care Use in Minnesota

MN Dept. of Education

Minnesota Studenty Survey 2010

Alliance for Excellent Education

The Economic Benefits of Reducing the Dropout Rate for Students of Color in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area

CLASP

Keeping Youth Connected: Focus on Minneapolis

MN Dept. of Education

Minnesota School Readiness Study: Fall 2008

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Early Childhood Minnesota – Indicators and strategies for Minnesota’s early childhood system

The cost burden to Minnesota K-12 when children are unprepared for kindergarten - prepared for the Bush Foundation

Twin Cities Compass

3rd Grade Reading Scores

Growth & Justice

Smart Investments in Minnesota’s Students: A Research-Based Investment Proposal

Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota

The Building Blocks for Successful Children: Minnesota Kids Count Data Book 2009

MN Commission on Out-of-School Time

Research Briefs

Brookings Institute

The Case for Charter Colleges of Early Childhood Education

Annie E. Casey Foundation

2011 Kids Count Data Book

Children’s Defense Fund

The State of America’s Children

Harvard Grad School Pathways to Prosperity Project

Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century

Education Trust

Not Prepared for Class

Brookings Institution

Investing in Young Children: New Directions in Federal Preschool and Early Childhood Policy

Urban Institute

Infants of Dpressed Mothers Living in Poverty: Opportunities to Identify and Serve

Urban Institute

Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences

Child Trends

How Out-of-School time Program Quality Is Related to Adolescent Outcomes

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Early Warning! Why Reading By the End of Third Grade Matters

Child Trends

What Works for Home Visiting Programs: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions

Child Trends

Ten Ways to Promote Educational Achievement and Attainment Beyond the Classroom

Urban Institute

Residential Instability and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Education Program: What We Know, Plus Gaps in Research

Foundation for Child Development

2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index

Foundation for Child Development

Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI) 2010