Triangle Economics of Education Workshop
Join us on May 15 for our annual workshop that brings together scholars to present and discuss empirical research on the economics of education.
Our Mission
The Center for Child and Family Policy is dedicated to improving the well-being of children and families through research, education, and engagement. We study factors that influence child outcomes, develop and test promising interventions, and advance evidence-based practices and policies that can inform change and unlock opportunities for all children and their families.
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Recent News
California Map Reveals Areas With Most High School Dropouts
April 25, 2024
Newsweek
A map shows which counties in California have the highest percentage of high school dropouts. To determine which counties had the highest percentage of dropouts, Newsweek analyzed the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which tracked the number of residents 25 and over with at least a high school diploma.
read more about California Map Reveals Areas With Most High School DropoutsChildcare crisis impacting even more parents across the country
April 23, 2024
KATV
America’s childcare crisis is taking another turn for the worse, now impacting a new group of parents. The employment gap between those who have a four-year college degree and those who don’t is growing, impacting how parents seek childcare.
read more about Childcare crisis impacting even more parents across the countryStudent Reflection on Benforado Talk “How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All”
April 12, 2024
CCFP News
[Benforado] inspired me to continue advocating for the cause of putting children first. Minjee Kim PPS ’25 Dr. Adam Benforado, professor of law at Drexel University, discussed the importance of prioritizing child wellbeing in public policy as part of the Robert R. Wilson Distinguished Lecture series on March 7, 2024. Benforado was welcomed by the…
read more about Student Reflection on Benforado Talk “How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All”PODCAST: How two years of COVID disruptions in schools touched off a national student absenteeism crisis
April 8, 2024
KNX News
That is a huge surge in student absenteeism from before the COVID pandemic disruptions to schooling. We talked with Dr. Katie Rosanbalm at Duke University’s Center for Child and Family Policy and asked her about why the root of the student absenteeism problem traces back to COVID.
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Featured Projects
Research Project
N.C. Resilience and Learning
The North Carolina Resilience and Learning Project is a partnership with the Public School Forum of North Carolina to promote and support trauma-informed schools across the state. The project team works closely with districts and schools to provide professional learning and ongoing coaching to meet school-specific needs and goals. Our work aims to create systems-level change by shifting the culture and mindset of an entire school so that staff begin to see a child’s behavior in the context of their life experiences, in consideration of possible trauma history or stress response system triggers.
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Research Project
Advancing Equity in Adolescent Health through Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs and Services
This project expands reach, builds capacity, and scales up evidence-based programs offering positive youth development and sexuality education to address health disparities in the most vulnerable areas across rural Eastern North Carolina.
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Research Project
Evaluation of the Responsive Early Access for Durham’s Young Children (READY)
Evaluation of a unified strategy to early childhood development called Responsive Early Access for Durham’s Young Children (READY). READY was created by a Durham-based nonprofit in partnership with early care and education, pediatrics, family support, mental health, and homeless services organizations and professionals.
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Research Project
Early Identification and Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Cross-Agency Processes and Outcomes
Local social service agencies and health care providers routinely make decisions regarding a child’s risk for maltreatment. Yet, providers have limited information to guide their decisions and rarely receive feedback regarding the children’s long-term outcomes.
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The Center offers a variety of ways for Duke students at every level to learn about child and family policy and become involved in original research.