2012

This report tells how a group of parents, educators, community-based service providers, funders, and education experts created the Dunbar Learning Complex with the goal of permanently changing the path of children living in poverty. It also shares the impact of those efforts on children and their parents, two years later.

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2012

This revised study finds that students who don’t read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave without a diploma than proficient readers. It is notable in breaking down for the first time the likelihood of graduation by different reading skill levels and poverty experiences. It also updates a 2011 research brief with new data on graduation rates for students living in concentrated poverty.

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2011

This report takes a comprehensive look at key indicators of child well-being to assess how Colorado’s 254,000 children in immigrant families are faring in areas such as economic well-being, family structure and English proficiency.

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2011

This report marks the start of Advocates for Children of New Jersey’s Food for Thought School Breakfast Campaign, which seeks to expand innovative approaches to serving school breakfast and significantly increase students’ participation rates.

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2011

This report describes an evaluation of the Community Connections preschool program model, which incorporates classroom-based and home provider-based elements.

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