
Education and Literacy, International Development, Women
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

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

Education and Literacy, Health, Women
Analyzes American Human Development Index data on women's life expectancy, school enrollment and degree attainment, and median earnings by metropolitan area. Examines contributing factors and disparities by race/ethnicity, location, and marital status.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Documents the discrimination Roma children face in Czech schools despite a 1997 European Court of Human Rights judgment that the government must redress inequities -- through the plaintiffs' subsequent experiences and those of their children.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:

Athletics and Sports, Education and Literacy, Health
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

Analyzes trends in turnover among public school principals in 2001-08 compared with 1987-2001, school-based and personal reasons for the moves, characteristics of their new positions, and the role of school accountability pressures. Examines implications.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Illinois

Education and Literacy, Science
American science performance is lagging as the economy becomes increasingly high tech, but our current science standards are doing little to solve the problem. Reviewers evaluated science standards for every state for this report and their findings were deeply troubling: The majority of states earned Ds or Fs for their standards in this crucial subject, with only six jurisdictions receiving As. Explore all the state report cards and see how your state performed.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Ohio committed itself to embracing higher standards that cross state lines when it joined 45 other states and the District of Columbia in adopting the Common Core standards in math and English language arts (ELA) in June 2010.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Ohio