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- Diverse Streams: African Migration to the United States
May 8, 2012 Diverse Streams: African Migration to the United States is one of eleven research papers published by The Migration Policy Institute’s (MPI) National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy that examines the well-being and development of children in Black immigrant families from birth to age 10.
- A Demographic Profile of Black Caribbean Immigrants in the United States
May 8, 2012 A Demographic Profile of Black Caribbean Immigrants in the United States is one of eleven research papers published by The Migration Policy Institute’s (MPI) National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy that examines the well-being and development of children in Black immigrant families from birth to age 10.
- A Dual-Generation Strategy: Using Technology to Support Learning for Children and for Families
April 13, 2012 In this paper, Foundation for Child Development Young Scholar, Ariel Kalil finds that recent advances in technology and innovation hold great promise for promoting dual-generational educational skills.
- Starting Early with English Language Learners, First Lessons from Illinois
April 13, 2012 This policy paper from the New America Foundation, Starting Early With English Language Learners, First Lessons from Illinois, focuses on Illinois’ approach to teaching English Language Learners (ELLs) which begins in PreKindergarten.
- Dual-Generation Strategy Initiative Research Brief
February 29, 2012 In partnership with the Foundation for Child Development, the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, is leading a Dual-Generation Strategy Initiative.
- Getting on Track Early for School Success: The STEP Assessment System to Support Effective Instruction (PreK-3
October 20, 2011 Technical Reports Creating an Assessment of Literacy Skills for Three- and Four-Year-Olds Creating an Assessment of Math Skills for Three- and Four-Year-Olds These technical reports document the development of a continuous diagnostic and assessment system based on research on the developmental pathways in children’s learning of literacy and math to guide instruction.
- Immigrants and Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on America’s Newcomers
August 30, 2011 The lore of the immigrant who comes to the United States to take advantage of our welfare system has a long history in America’s collective mythology, but it has little basis in fact.
- Moving to the Land of Milk and Cookies: Obesity Among the Children of Immigrants
August 30, 2011 The sons of immigrants to the United States suffer from alarmingly high levels of childhood obesity, according to this report by Foundation for Child Development Young Scholar Jennifer Van Hook.