Assets & Opportunity Profile: Dallas

Education and Literacy, Government Reform

Assets & Opportunity Profile: Dallas

Highlights data on the scope and scale of financial insecurity among households in Dallas, including income and asset poverty rates by demographics, education, and geography. Lists examples of city-level strategies to build residents' financial security.

August 1970

Geographic Focus:

Girls Speak: A New Voice in Global Development

Education and Literacy, International Development, Women

Girls Speak: A New Voice in Global Development

Presents adolescent girls' views on the value of education and its impact on their lives, their aspirations, and barriers to long-term change as guidance for targeting interventions to improve self-determination and health, social, and economic outcomes.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: Global

Funding Formulas for California Schools IV: An Analysis of Governor Brown's Weighted Pupil Funding Formula, May Budget Revision

Education and Literacy

Funding Formulas for California Schools IV: An Analysis of Governor Brown's Weighted Pupil Funding Formula, May Budget Revision

Compares how the weighted pupil funding formula proposed in the 2012-13 budget and a revised proposal would affect allocation of additional revenue among school districts, with a focus on districts with high percentages of disadvantaged students.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California

Increasing Physical Activity Through Recess

Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Health

Increasing Physical Activity Through Recess

Summarizes research on the effects of recess, including its benefits as an effective and efficient way to increase the amount of physical activity and enhance academic performance and trends in daily recess by school location and student population.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Building Community: Making Space for Art

Arts and Culture, Community and Economic Development, Education and Literacy

Building Community: Making Space for Art

Examines the role of the arts in communities; artists working in community development, education, health, or environmental fields; and contemporary art spaces in community planning and revitalization strategies.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Adolescent Physical Education and Physical Activity in California

Athletics and Sports, Education and Literacy, Health

Adolescent Physical Education and Physical Activity in California

Based on 2007 California Health Interview Survey data, examines participation in physical education and other physical activity among adolescents ages 12 to 17 by gender and county, and implications for health outcomes. Makes policy recommendations.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California

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