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CRCDE PI Hirokazu Yoshikawa's summary of the recently released first-year findings of the National Head Start Impact Study was distributed by the Society for Research in Child Development to both the House and the Senate during the week of June 27th.  See http://www.srcd.org/documents/policy/Impactstudy.pdf for the summary
Nurturing Middle School Students’ Needs Is Critical for Academic Success, According to a Steinhardt School /Faculty of Arts and Science Study ... read NYU Research Spring 2005 article
Steinhardt Graduate Students Examine Lifestyles of Middle School Students and Their Parents ... read NYU Research Spring 2005 article
NYU Research Shows Anti-Poverty Program Boosts Marriage Rate Among Single Mothers ... read press release ... read Washington Times article

Hirokazu Yoshikawa, one of the Principal Investigators of our Center, has been awarded a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences."

Hirokazu Yoshikawa testified at a Congressional briefing in Washington on May 14th, 2004. The briefing, on the effects of work and family policies on child development, was be co-sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the New America Foundation, and took place in the Dirksen Senate Building, Room 562, May 14, 2004, 9:00 to 10:30 am.
Diane Hughes and Niobe Way, two of the Principal Investigators of the CRCDE, have been awarded funding from the William T. Grant Foundation.
Project Title: Parental Socialization Influences on Academic Engagement and Performance among African American, Chinese, and Dominican Adolescents
Project Period: 7/2004-6/2007

Recent Publications

APA Journal Article Finds Evidence of Continued Racial Steering [see article] [read news release]

Yoshikawa, H., Morris, P.A., Gennetian, L.A., Roy, A.L., Gassman-Pines, A., & Godfrey, E.B. (in press). Effects of anti-poverty and employment policies on middle-childhood school performance: Do they vary by race/ethnicity, and if so, why? In A.C. Huston & M. Ripke (Eds.), Middle childhood: Contexts of development. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Fuligni, A.J., & Yoshikawa, H. (2004). Parental investments in children in immigrant families. In A. Kalil & T. DeLeire (Eds.), Parent investments in children: Resources and behaviors that promote success. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Yoshikawa, H., Magnuson, K.A., Bos, J.M., & Hsueh, J. (2003). Effects of welfare and anti-poverty policies on adult economic and middle-childhood outcomes differ for the "hardest to employ." Child Development, 74, 1500-1521.

Balter, L, & Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.). (In press). Child Psychology: Handbook of Contemporary Issues, Vol. 2, New York: Psychology Press.

Homer, B., & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. (Eds.). (In press). The Development of Social Cognition & Communication. New Jersey: Erlbaum Associates.

Hughes, D., Bachman, M., Ruble, D., & Fulgini, A. (in press). Tuned In or Tuned Out: Correspondence Between Parents and Children's Reports About Parents' Racial Socialization Practices. In L. Balter & C.S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), Child Psychology: Handbook of Contemporary Issues, Vol. 2, New York: Psychology Press.

Way, N., Becker, B., & Green, M. (in press). Friendships Among Ethnic Minority Adolescents. In L. Balter & C.S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), Child Psychology: Handbook of Contemporary Issues, Vol. 2, New York: Psychology Press.

Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Cristofaro, T.N., Rodriguez, E.t., & Bornstein, M.H. (in press). Early Panguage Development: Social Influences in the First Years of Life. In L. Balter & C.S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), Child Psychology: Handbook of Contemporary Issues, Vol. 2, New York: Psychology Press.

Putting Children First: How Low-Wage Working Mothers Manage Child Care

Dr. Ajay Chaudry's new book entitled, Putting Children First: How Low-Wage Working Mothers Manage Child Care, is now available. Order the book from Amazon.com.

Ajay Chaudry is a writer on social poicy issues and a faculty and senior research fellow in urban policy and management at New School University.

Adolescent Boys: Exploring diverse cultures of boyhood Niobe Way's new book entitled, Adolescent Boys: Exploring diverse cultures of boyhood, is now available. Order the book from Amazon.

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