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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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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…

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

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…