School Discipline Data Overview

The Importance of Children's Health Coverage: Research and Stories from Working Californians

A report provided by CDF-CA that contains research findings about the impact of health insurance on children, statements from working California parents about the positive impact of health insurance on their children and families and real stories of a few of California's many children who lack coverage

Six Tips for Communicating Changes to Codes of Conduct

Tapping Title I: What Every School Administrator Should Know About Title I, Pre-K and School Reform

Pew Center on the States report on Title I funding, Pre-K and school reform.

ESEA Guiding Principles and Chart

CDF supports the administration’s ESEA blueprint for reform but believes bore is needed for the most vulnerable children.

School District Codes of Conduct: Guide for District Leaders

School Discipline Resource Guide

education

State of America's Children 2011.

Components of an Effective Child Welfare Workforce to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families: What does the Research Tell Us?

This report provides a review of the research literature on the essential components of an effective child welfare workforce. This project also identifies how federal policy improvements can strengthen the child welfare workforce.

Selected Resources on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Data, Research, and Policy and Programmatic Approaches

Appendix A for the Child and Family Services Improvement Act - Selected Resources on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Data, Research, and Policy and Programmatic Approaches.

State of America's Children 2008® Report - Education

CDF's State of America's Children 2008 report is a compilation of national and state-by-state data on poverty, health, child welfare, youth at risk, early childhood development, education, nutrition and housing. This section of the report contains data on education.

Rainbow Dreams Educational Foundation

This power point presentation includes a slide show of the Rainbow Dreams Educational Foundation Freedom Schools site located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The slide show includes pictures of staff, the site’s afternoon activities, special guests and community partners, and scholars that attended the program.

FCSIAA-educational-stability.pdf

Chapter Six of the guide "New Help for Children Raised by Grandparents and Other Relatives" that answers questions regarding educational stability for children and youth in care.

Restorative Justice: Resource Guide

ESEA Letter to HELP Committee

Marian Wright Edelman's letter to the HELP Committee on ESEA Reauthorization

Marian Wright Edelman's Testimony for Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Marian Wright Edelman's Testimony for Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Marian Wright Edelman urges members of the Subcommittee on Children and Families to recognize that children have only one childhood and it is right now.

Regulatory Comments and Recommendations Relating to Provisions Addressing Foster Children and Other Wards of the State in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

Regulatory comments and recommendations from the Children's Defense Fund regarding certain provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, P.L. 108-446.

CDF's Priorities for ESEA Reauthorization

CDF's Priorities for ESEA Reauthorization

Education Glossary of Terms

Education Glossary of Terms

Priorities for Ensuring that the Reauthorization of ESEA Adequately Addresses the Needs of Poor and Vulnerable Children

CDF priorities for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act