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The website of the Action Alliance for Children, which publishes the Children's Advocate newsmagazine. You can read the current and back issues to 1997 at this website. Web links are provided to other information about current trends and policy issues affecting children and families.

Discusses the issues of early-later experience and nature versus nurture.

Discusses the nature-nurture issue in psychology.

Provides review of various methods in research, including correlational design and experimental method. Site provides valuable links to other issues related to psychological research.

KidsHealth is the #1 most-trusted source for physician-reviewed information and advice on children's health and parenting issues.

Does separating boys and girls improve their education? Experts on both sides of the issue weigh in.

Discusses continuity and discontinuity in developmental psychology.

The Future of Children is a collaboration of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Brookings Institution. The mission of the Future of Children is to translate the best social science research about children and youth into information that is useful to policymakers, practitioners, grant-makers, advocates, the media, and students of public policy. The project publishes two journals and policy briefs each year, and provides various short summaries of our work. Topics range widely - from income policy to family issues to education and health - with children's policy as the unifying element. The senior editorial team is diverse, representing two institutions and multiple disciplines.

ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's 4,400 employees and $68 billion budget are dedicated to: Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds. Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research. Focusing national attention on key educational issues. Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.