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Wespieser, Karen; Durbin, Ben; Sims, David – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
This quantitative report presents parents' views of school choice, local accountability, and academy schools. The survey was conducted in December 2014 and January 2015 with a representative sample of 1,005 parents of children aged 5-18 in England. Samples selected included 50% male and 50% female respondents from across England. Other variables…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Parent Attitudes, Accountability
Stipp, Horst H. – American Demographics, 1988
The nation's children have $4.7 billion of their own money to spend and that does not count what their parents buy for them, which is a lot. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Children, Consumer Economics, Family Financial Resources
DeLeire, Thomas; Kalil, Ariel – 2002
Cohabitation is an increasingly prevalent living arrangement in the United States. Although the effects of living in a cohabiting arrangement on child wellbeing are not fully understood, the literature on children growing up in cohabiting families suggests that they have poorer developmental outcomes than do those growing up in married-parent…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Cohabitation
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 2003
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund Action Council is to "Leave No Child Behind," to do what is necessary to meet the needs of children and their parents, and to ensure a healthy, safe, fair, and moral start in life for all children. This guide examines the negative impact of the George W. Bush administration's budget and policy…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 2001
In order to highlight the importance of identifying children with elevated blood lead levels, the Illinois Department of Public Health produces its surveillance report to present state and county level data on the number of children screened for and identified with lead poisoning. In Illinois, all children between 6 and 84 months of age must be…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Children, Community Characteristics
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 2002
In order to highlight the importance of identifying children with elevated blood lead levels, the Illinois Department of Public Health produces its surveillance report to present state and county level data on the number of children screened for and identified with lead poisoning. In Illinois, all children between 6 and 84 months of age must be…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Children, Community Characteristics
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 2000
In order to highlight the importance of identifying children with elevated blood lead levels, the Illinois Department of Public Health produces its surveillance report to present state and county level data on the number of children screened for and identified with lead poisoning. In Illinois, all children between 6 and 84 months of age must be…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Health, Children, Community Characteristics
Knitzer, Jane; Bernard, Stanley – 1997
This report details current state efforts to promote responsible fatherhood, identifies and profiles specific strategies to encourage fathers to be responsible, and summarizes state father-related data. Chapter 1, "Setting the Context," provides a rationale for the policy interest in fathers and presents the methodology for the study.…
Descriptors: Child Support, Children, Employed Parents, Family Financial Resources
Bellamy, Carol – 2002
This annual report on the well being of the world's children focuses on child participation. This focus is intended to remind adults of their obligation to elicit and consider the views of children and young people when decisions are being made that affect their lives, and on adults' responsibility to help children and adolescents develop their…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Child Relationship, Child Health, Childhood Needs
Wylie, Cathy; Thompson, Jean; Lythe, Cathy – 1999
A longitudinal study described variations and changes in New Zealand children's cognitive, social, communicative, and problem-solving competencies from school entry at age 5 years and examined the impact of early childhood education experiences, family resources, home activities, and school resources on those competencies. This report, the third…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Development
Wylie, Cathy; Thompson, Jean; Lythe, Cathy – 2001
This report is the fourth from the Competent Children project that is following a sample of children in the Wellington region of New Zealand from their early education experience into adulthood. The main aim of the project is to chart the contributions to children's progress made by family resources, early childhood education, school experiences,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Child Relationship, Child Responsibility, Children