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Although the United States has made great progress in reducing teen pregnancy, teen mothers are still much more common than in other western industrialized nations. In addition, there are disparities in teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection …

For far too long, the child welfare system has been designed to be reactive, where caseworkers respond after child maltreatment and other adverse childhood experiences have occurred, with the primary intervention being removal from the home. For young…

The U.S. Department of Education seeks to better support students who are incarcerated. Its Second Chance Pell (SCP) Experimental Sites Initiative waived the prohibition against offering Pell grants to incarcerated students in federal or state prisons…

Rhode Island’s Preschool Development Grant – Birth through Age Five (PDG) grant is being used to implement a plan to ensure all children from birth through age 5 (B-5) are supported by services and programs that will prepare them for lifelong success. To…

Ghana has made tremendous gains in improving its citizens’ wellbeing, halving the number of people living in poverty and improving chronic malnutrition rates. Yet Northern Ghana lags, as it is home to 75% of the country’s poorest citizens, and food…

As the U.S. Department of Education seeks to provide better and more equitable education to all students, assessing the implementation and effectiveness of funded programs is a necessary component of its efforts.  That’s why the agency is conducting a…

Access to middle-class jobs increasingly requires a college degree or other postsecondary credential. However, students from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely than their more advantaged peers to have awareness of—and access to—the resources…

In most provinces in Mozambique, schools are overcrowded, student-teacher ratios are high, and reading and math test scores are low. Many Mozambican children suffer from food insecurity, including poor diet quality, which hinders their ability to learn. …

Senegal’s government services in education, health, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) face continued challenges that slow the country’s progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Lack of access to data-driven systems prevents…

The World Health Organization estimates that about 608,000 people died from malaria in 2022, a slight decrease from the prior year, but still higher than before the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Young children and pregnant women are among the…