Children, Youth and Families

The United States lacks coherent, effective strategies for reducing the stubbornly high number of children who die each year from abuse and neglect, a commission created by Congress reported. The commission was chaired by David Sanders, of Casey...

As part of its College Completion report series, Robert Shireman, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, writes about the state of college education, including improved focus on learning as opposed to drop out rates, and what can be done to remedy...

The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, an employer-led coalition committed to creating pathways to employment for young people, reported that in one day, more than 1,000 youth were offered jobs on-the-spot.

The Wallace-commissioned Out-of-School-Time Cost Calculator is a free, online tool designed to help providers estimate the costs of delivering a variety of after-school and summer programs. It's been updated and made accessible for mobile.