Product Description: This edited volume presents an overview of research and policy issues pertaining to children from birth to 10 who are first- and second-generation immigrants to the U.S., as well as native-born children of immigrants. The contributors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on recent developments and research findings on children of immigrants...read more

Product Description: Focused on increasing achievement for all young learners, this 10-step guide helps educators develop a PreK–3 system that links early childhood education standards to a K–3 system.

Product Description: Early adolescence, a critically important developmental phase in the lives of young people, has been neglected in terms of its potential to prevent educational and health problems. Preparing Adolescents for the Twenty-First Century: Challenges Facing Europe and the United States attempts to address this neglect by focusing on cross-national perspectives and linking fundamental research on adolescent development to the challenges of preparing young people for adult life...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This collection of papers derives from the work of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development; it is aimed at those concerned with the administration of education, policy-makers and researchers. Topics include: adolescent role-lessness; parent-school involvement; and health and education...read more