"Children and Electronic Media"
The Future of Children has released its latest publication, Children and Electronic Media (Vol. 18, No. 1). This volume examines the best available evidence on whether and how exposure to different media forms is linked to child well-being. Contributors to the volume consider evidence for both children and adolescents and consider the quality of the available studies.
Accompanying the journal is an Policy Brief and an Executive Summary.
"Strategy For Improving Philadelphia's Out-of-School-Time System"
A Woodrow Wilson School Policy Task Force led by Jean Grossman issued their report on a "Strategy For Improving Philadelphia's Out-of-School-Time System." For the full report, the suggested plan of action, and the background reports describing the out-of-school-time systems of other large U.S. cities, see our publications page.
"Century of Difference"
Mike Hout is a visiting researcher with the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing and the Center for Health and Wellbeing for the 2007-08 academic year. His recent book, Century of Difference, describes how the cultural, and economic fault lines in American life shifted in the last century.
"The Next Generation of Antipoverty Policies"
The Future of Children has released its latest publication, The Next Generation of Antipoverty Policies (Vol. 17, No. 2). The volume focuses on eight policy proposals for reducing poverty in the U.S. Accompanying the journal is an Policy Brief and an Executive Summary.
The volume concludes that a combination of work requirements and social welfare policies are the best approach to reducing poverty. According to the eleven leading scholars who contributed to the journal, these strategies should be focused on both long term and short term poverty alleviation.
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