Pew Internet: Teens and technology 2013
2013 report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project and Harvard’s Berkman Society for Internet & Society on levels of teen mobile and Internet use.
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Teacher performance, compensation and measurement
2012 review of studies on questions of measuring teacher performance, structuring personnel and compensation plans accordingly, and instructor retention.
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Laws and policies that attempt to reduce firearm violence: Research review
2013 review of relevant research on guns in the United States, including a 2012 study in Crime and Delinquency on the effectiveness of U.S. gun violence reduction policies.
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The (non)violent world of YouTube: Content trends in Web video
2012 study in Journal of Communication showing how violence is less prevalent on YouTube than it is on network television.
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University-based service learning: Relating mentor experiences to issues of poverty
2012 study from Vanderbilt University on the effects of a service-learning mentoring program and college students’ learning about social inequality.
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Preschool, Head Start and early education policies: Research review
2013 examination of relevant studies, reports and articles relating to policy proposals to expand federally funded preschool programs.
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Effects of work on leadership development among first-year college students
2012 study in the Journal of College Student Development on some positive effects of off-campus work for undergraduate students.
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Latino adolescents’ experiences of discrimination in high school
2011 study in Child Development on perceived discrimination among young Latinos in high school and its outcomes in educational settings.
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Effect of negative school climate on academic outcomes for LGBT youth
2012 NYU study on how LGBT victimization leads to decreased self-esteem and worse educational outcomes, including lower GPA and more absences.
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Local food availability and obesity risk among school-aged children
2012 study in the Journal of Social Science and Medicine on relationship between access to healthful food and obesity trends among youth.
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