Youth Development

The Journal of Family Psychology recently published an MDRC study that examined the impact of the Child First home visiting program during the pandemic. Findings suggest that Child First was able to adapt to address the needs of families as their lives were upended by COVID-19.

David “TC” Ellis dreamed about a new kind of high school that would reengage learners through musicology and alongside colleagues opened the High School for Recording Arts in 1998. Getting Smart staff shares more on this journey.

Students and educators at Williamsburg Charter High School continue to reel from a shooting in February. They are also rallying to push for change.

While students receive meals in school, once the academic year ends, they might not have enough food at home.

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Programs to offer young people mentoring, job training, and other services launched in recent years show promise, but the jury’s out on their effectiveness.

Politicians might consider raising teacher pay, providing more help to new teachers, and supporting all teachers in managing student behavior.

If we want to help children during this ongoing student mental health crisis, families will need resources that are private, on-demand, accessible at home — and which make it easier for parents to cut through fear and shame.

At its most basic level, a startup is a learning machine—one that helps its founders understand and serve the real world in a manner that enables itself to continuously gather…

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that certain anti-poverty policies can have long-lasting effects…

Instead of giving kids one-off experiences with science, like a summer camp, a new approach engages the whole family.

It seems that more and more teens are identifying as transgender, gender-fluid or nonbinary. But because linguistic and cultural norms are always evolving, it’s been challenging to pin down an…