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The Progress of Nations, 1998: The Nations of the World Ranked According to Their Achievements in Fulfilment of Child Rights and Progress for Women.
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1998
This report summarizes the latest available statistics on international achievements in registering each child at birth; immunizing all children; assisting adolescents, particularly girls; and addressing homelessness in wealthy nations. Each of the report's sections contains a commentary, related statistics, and a discussion on progress and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
The Progress of Nations, 1999.
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1999
This report summarizes the latest available statistics on international progress on children's well-being. Each of the report's sections contains a commentary, related statistics, and a discussion on progress and disparity in the section's particular area. Following a foreword by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan, the sections of the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
The Progress of Nations, 2000.
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 2000
This report summarizes the latest available statistics on international progress on children's well-being. Each section of the report contains a commentary, related statistics, and a discussion on progress and disparity in the section's particular area. Following a foreword by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan, the sections of the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
The Progress of Nations, 1996: The Nations of the World Ranked According to Their Achievements in Child Health, Nutrition, Education, Family Planning, and Progress for Women.
Adamson, Peter, Ed. – 1996
This report brings together the latest available statistics to record national achievements in child survival, health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women. Each section contains a commentary and a presentation of related statistics. Following an introduction by UNICEF executive director Carol Bellamy, the commentaries…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
The Status of the American Family: Policies, Facts, Opinions, and Issues. NEA Research Memo.
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National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1979
This report of the National Education Association gathers information from a variety of sources and studies giving special emphasis to families with children. Section I, Federal Policy Issues and the Family, includes a brief summary of the Carter administration's plans and activities and the following essays: Is Government Helping or Hurting…
Descriptors: Change, Children, Divorce, Ethnic Groups
Including and Supporting Preschool Children with Developmental Delays in Early Childhood Programs.
Brown, William H., Ed.; Conroy, Maureen A., Ed. – 1997
Mainstreaming, integrating, and including young children with developmental delays in programs with peers without developmental delays began over 25 years ago and has gained much legal and policy support. This book provides early childhood educators with high-quality and contemporary information that they might need while serving young children…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Developmental Delays, Early Intervention
The State of the Child [in] Illinois, 2000. A Chapin Hall Report.
Chicago Univ., IL. Chapin Hall Center for Children. – 2000
This report is the third to document the condition of children in the state of Illinois and the performance of the policies and programs designed to serve them over the past decade. One of the main themes emerging from the findings is the increasing diversity of the Illinois child population, in terms of both racial and ethnic groups and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
For Better and for Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families.
Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay, Ed. – 2001
Although the 1996 welfare reform bill reduced welfare rolls, falling caseloads do not necessarily mean a better standard of living for families. This book examines the evidence and evaluates whether welfare reform has met one of its chief goals--improving the well-being of the nation's poor children. The chapters of the book are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Births to Single Women, Child Rearing, Children, Day Care