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North Carolina – A state at risk

June 2, 2023
WRAL News

When it comes to public education, North Carolina is now “A State at Risk.”

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Perspective | Listening to and learning from youth’s ‘Brave Histories and Hopeful Futures’

May 24, 2023
EdNC

This year, Hamed Abdul Qadir, was invited by the President of AERA, Dr. Rich Milner, and the globally renowned scholar Dr. Lin Goodwin, to participate in a session called “Next-Generation Solutions: International Youth Forum on Emerging Initiatives and Potential Impacts.”

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Lansford Named Distinguished Professor

May 8, 2023
Sanford School of Public Policy

Center Director Jennifer Lansford has been named the S. Malcolm Gillis Distinguished Research Professor of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy, effective July 1.

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Four Duke Faculty To Join American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 19, 2023
Duke Today

Ken Dodge was among three members of the Sanford School of Public Policy and a brand-new Science & Technology Scholar in the School of Medicine who were recently elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for 2023.

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Safety Net Barriers Add to Child Poverty in Immigrant Families

April 6, 2023
New York Times

Both legal immigrants and undocumented parents face hurdles in getting aid. The problem has grown more acute as children of immigrants account for a growing share of young people.

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Blog Posts

Laura Stilwell Awarded Prestigious F30 Grant

June 6, 2023

CCFP student Laura Stillwell, a PhD candidate in the Sanford School of Public Policy, has been awarded a prestigious F30 grant though the NIH’s National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.

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Student Reflections on School Research Partnership Dinner 2023

May 15, 2023

On April 20, CCFP hosted the School Research Partnership’s annual dinner, themed The Power of School-Community-Research Partnerships in Building Student and Educator Wellness. Students shared reflections on their experience showcasing their research, engaging with community and school leaders, and hearing from panelists.

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Careers in Child and Family Policy with Shantel Meek

April 14, 2023

Shantel Meek, founding director of Children’s Equity Project (CEP), recently joined the Center to discuss her career in both research and federal government. Her latest work, through CEP, focuses on closing opportunity gaps between children from historically marginalized communities and their peers.

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Sarah Komisarow Receives Best Paper Award by AEFP

March 30, 2023

Komisarow received the Thomas A. Downes Best Paper Award for authoring the top journal article published in 2022 in Education Finance and Policy.

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Careers in Child and Family Policy: Finding Your Purpose with Derek Rhodes

March 22, 2023

Founder and executive director of Durham Success Summit, Derek Rhodes, PPS ’15, joined the Center on March 3 to talk about his professional journey and why he quit the corporate world to start his own non-profit.

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News Releases

Bipartisan Group Offers Policy Plan for Rebalancing National Investments Toward Children

February 8, 2022
News Release

A bipartisan report released today on the challenges and opportunities facing children in America stresses the need to rebalance national investments toward children.

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Heightened Immigration Enforcement Has Troubling Impact on Babies

February 3, 2021
News Release

Harsher immigration law enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leads to decreased use of prenatal care for immigrant mothers and declines in birth weight, according to new Duke University research.

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A Third of U.S. Families Face a Different Kind of Poverty

January 6, 2021
News Release

DURHAM, N.C. – Before the pandemic, one-third of U.S. households with children were already “net worth poor,” lacking enough financial resources to sustain their families for three months at a poverty level, finds new research from Duke University. In 2019, 57 percent of Black families and 50 percent of Latino families with children were poor…

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A Simple Enrollment Change Yields Big Dividends in Children’s Early Learning Program

October 6, 2020
News Release

Duke study shows automatic enrollment, paired with option to opt-out, is highly effective at boosting parents’ participation.

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For Vulnerable Families, Pandemic’s Effect on Mental Health is Swift and Harsh

September 2, 2020
News Release

DURHAM, N.C. – In just a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic swiftly and substantially worsened mental health among U.S. hourly service workers and their children – especially those experiencing multiple hardships, according to new research from the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University and Barnard College. The study leverages real-time, daily survey data collected…

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