America’s Diversity of Children

Pp.21-44 in Vonnie McLoyd, Nancy Hill, and Kenneth Dodge (eds.) African American Family Life.

Child Well-Being Index Points to Pre-K Participation and Education as Leading Indicators of Educational Achievement

2005 Child Well-Being Index (CWI) Shows Mixed Picture For America & Children: Huge Declines In Crime, Violence, And Risky Behavior Amid Increasing Poverty And Worsening Health

First-Ever Index Reports, Over Time, Serious Problems With Obesity; More Children Living in Poverty; Teen Suicide Rates Still a Problem; But Children Are Safer and More Involved in Communities.

The Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics released a national report, Para Nuestros Niños: Expanding and Improving Early Education for Hispanics, in Washington, D.C. on March 8, 2007.

Following an upward swing that peaked in the early part of this decade, the progress being made improving American children’s quality of life has come to a standstill, according to the Foundation for Child Development’s 2007 Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI), an annual comprehensive measure of how children are faring in the United States.

You’d have to search far and wide to find someone who thinks we do a decent job measuring poverty.