The Future of Children

Investing in Latino Children and Youth, Edited by Marta Tienda and Lisa Gennetian: This volume of the ANNALS is novel in taking stock of the contemporary well-being of Latinx children and youth in the U.S. today, and using this foundation to look to the future and curating the forefront of knowledge to guide social investment. Particular attention is paid to the role of public policy in enhancing or disrupting Latino children’s access to health care, quality schooling, household economic resources and stability, and, in nurturing positive and high quality family and child care environments. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/investing-in-latino-children-and-youth/book281582

Sara McLanahan, 'towering figure' in the study of family structure and inequality, dies at 81 Sara McLanahan, a prominent sociologist whose work played a foundational role in the understanding of single parents and their children, died of cancer Dec. 31. She was 81.

Call for papers.

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Kathryn J. Edin, Princeton University Corey D. Fields, Georgetown University Jonathan Fisher, Stanford University David B. Grusky, Stanford University Jure Leskovec, Stanford University Hazel R. Markus, Stanford University Marybeth Mattingly, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Kristen Olson, University....

In study after study, early childhood education programs developed by researchers have shown large benefits, holding out the promise of substantially narrowing the achievement gap between disadvantaged children and their better-off peers.

The Future of Children journal by Princeton University and The Brookings Institution will feature our research-practice partnership with UVA School of Education & Human Development. The journal will be available online on April 29th. Stay tuned.

Dear friends of the Future of Children:

We will be sunsetting the Future of Children journal this year following publication of our spring issue, “Research-Practice Partnerships to Support Early Education.”

Many factors led to this decision, chief among them the retirement of key personnel—our editor-in-chief, Sara McLanahan of Princeton University, and senior editor Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution—and the demands of continual fundraising.

We thank you for your support of the Future of Children over the 17 years since our team at Princeton and Brookings took over the journal from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. We believe that the journal and its accompanying policy briefs and outreach activities have made a real difference in the lives of children, in the areas of education, physical and mental health, racial and ethnic disparities, and many more. No matter the subject, we’ve remained committed to one central idea: that sound evidence—rather than ideology, guesswork, or wishful thinking—should underlie both policy and practice.

All of our issues and policy briefs will continue to be available free of charge on our website, www.futureofchildren.org; they are also archived on JSTOR.

Again, thank you for reading, and for all you do to improve children’s lives.

Sincerely,

Sara McLanahan, editor-in-chief
Janet Currie, senior editor
Ron Haskins, senior editor
Melissa Kearney, senior editor
Cecilia Elena Rouse, senior editor
Isabel Sawhill, senior editor

Hot off the presses! Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development. Visit https://futureofchildren.princeton.edu/ to read/download the journal.

Also being webcast!

Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development A Princeton-Brookings Future of Children Event On Wednesday, May 29, Princeton University and the Brookings Institution will release the latest volume of “The Future of Children”—a journal that promotes effective, evidence-based policies and programs for children, along with a policy brief tit...

Follow along as Ascend at the Aspen Institute and GOOD+ Foundation share research, highlight promising practice, and explore policy opportunities to increase the engagement of fathers with their children and social service organizations with fathers. Follow the live stream at https://youtu.be/Emsh2sS3gUw.

The Father Factor: A Critical Link in Building Strong Families and Communities Co-hosted by Ascend at the Aspen Institute and GOOD+ Foundation The important role of fathers in society has been increasingly documented in recent research ...

Kathy Edin, new co-director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, spoke with Arthur Brooks about how stories can complicate our data and show us a fuller picture on . Listen to “Tell Me a Story” here:

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OUT TODAY: In our Winter 2018 Policy Issue, Sarah Cohodes finds that to have a meaningful impact on nationwide achievement gaps, charter school approaches would need to be adopted beyond the charter sector itself. Https://futureofchildren.org

Social skills matter, but how do we measure and grow them in the classroom? | Brookings Institution Most researchers and parents agree that effective social and emotional skills are essential to a child’s development and success as an adult. But how much do we know about these skills, how to meas…

Videos of The Future of School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Programs is available on the website below.

The future of school-based social and emotional learning programs | Brookings Institution Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills—the thinking, behavioral, and regulatory skills needed to interact effectively with others—are strongly associated with success in school and life. Becaus…