Umm, is there, like, a preteen in your life?

Then you should know about the Preteen Alliance.

Mention the word “preteen,” and almost everyone has a story. Between the ages of 9-13, youth go through tremendous change -- physically, cognitively and emotionally. At the same time, research shows that the attitudes and behavior patterns developed during these years can have lasting impacts into adulthood. Learn more about the Alliance >>

What’s New with PreteenS

3.9.10

Social Emotional Learning Report Published in Education Journal

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health and the Preteen Alliance commissioned the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) to examine the research on effective strategies to promote social and emotional skills among elementary and middle school students. An article based on this research has been published in the Winter 2010 issue of Better: Evidence-based Education. Learn More>>

2.18.10

Just Updated: Resource Guide for After-School Programs

The companion Resource Guide to the report, Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens, has just been updated! This online Resource Guide provides recent research and tools to help service providers strengthen their after-school programs, particularly those serving preteens. The guide is organized around the six principles of quality after-school programs that are described in the above-mentioned report from 2008. Both the report and this companion guide were commissioned by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. Learn More>>

1.6.10

Study: 1 in 4 CA Children May Live in Poverty This Year
– 850,000 More Than in 2008

More than a quarter of California's children could be living below the stringent federal poverty level this year, according to projections from a Duke University study released by the Foundation. The projections suggest that as many as 2.7 million California children may live in households where earnings are less than $22,000 per year for a family of four, an increase of about 850,000 children since 2008. The study also includes projections of poverty for Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Learn More>>

12.16.09

First-Ever Index of Children's Health Reveals Decade of Improvement

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health has released the first-ever "California Index of Child and Youth Well Being." The index shows a consistent pattern of improvement in how children have fared over the last decade, but warns that the present economic recession could undermine and possibly even reverse those gains. The index is based on data from kidsdata.org, which recently expanded to offer data on children's health and well being for all cities, counties, and school districts in California. Learn More>>

 

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