Social Context of Education

Preparing children for school and future life success ranks high on the nation’s policy agenda. School readiness initiatives and greater attention to children’s transitions in early childhood and beyond are emerging as integral parts of education reform and larger social reform movements in support of children and families. The Center’s work in this area spans the continuum from transitions in the earliest years of life through middle school, with particular attention given to the intersection of school and family changes and the impact on children’s emotional and social well-being.

Completed Projects:

• Girls’ and Boys’ Health and Development Project: Ongoing Analyses
• Emotional Health in Low-Income Children
• Giving and Growing: Volunteer Opportunities for Children in New York State
• Intergenerational Pathways to Success: Two 30-year Studies in Baltimore • Life Skills Training Project 
• Learning and Educational Trajectories 
• After-School Time: Programs, Activities, and Opportunities 
• Extended Day Schooling in New York City 
• National Study of Children’s Time Use in School
• NCLB’s Effect on Parental Involvement in School: An Evaluation
• Life Skills Training Project