All Effective Systems Resources (cont'd)

This issue of Future of Children (Volume 24, Number 1 Spring 2014) assesses past and current two-generation programs.

Mother’s Education and Children’s Outcomes: How Dual-Generation Programs Offer Increased Opportunities for America’s Children is the second in a series of the Foundation for Child Development’s Disparities Among America’s Children reports.

At the Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Christopher T. King with Tara C. Smith and Robert W. Glover presented on Investing in Children and Parents: Fostering Dual-Generation Strategies in the United States.

Abstract Intervening in the parent generation can improve current and future prospects in the child generation.

As communities strive to ensure the success of all children, it is important that policymakers and early education professionals identify and respond to the needs of immigrant families so that teachers, schools, and early childhood programs are prepared to serve these children.

In the annual essay, journalist Dale Russakoff examines evidence as to whether the vast range of efforts by schools to comply with federal requirements to engage parents has led to better achievement for their children.