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A Proposal to Archive the Beginning School Study Data
Important Longitudinal Youth Data Set Now Available

An Intensive Study of Mentoring Relationships in Urban Boys & Girls Clubs
Youth Gain More from Collaborative and Supportive Mentoring

Antecedents and Consequences of High School Gateway Events
Small Class Size in Early Grades Positively Affects High School Graduation

Increasing Young People's Participation and Engagement Through Whole-School Reform
Study Shows Importance of Students' Self-Perceptions as Competent Learners

Individual and Contextual Predictors of Participation in Out-of-School Activities
Families and Neighborhoods Affect Youth's Activity Participation

Investigation of Natural Mentoring Relationships
Natural Mentoring Relationships are Linked to Positive Outcomes for Youth

Latino Students' Motivation and Critical Thinking Project
Culture and Family Affect Motivation and Achievement in High School Students

Next Steps after High School for the Non-BA Bound
Early Reading Problems Linked to Later School Struggles for Disadvantaged Boys

Outcomes for Former Foster Youth During the Transition to Independence
Foster Care After Age 18 Shows Positive Impacts on Youth

Peer Impacts on Behavior
Freshman-Year Roommates Influence Social Attitudes, Binge Drinking, and Grades

Positive Development in Extracurricular and Community-Based Activities
Youth Report More Advantages from Extracurricular Activities than from School

Race, Youth, and the Digital Divide
A Race-Based Digital Divide Continues to Hurt Youth

Stereotype Threat and the Academic Performance of Minority Students: Basic Issues and Remedial Strategies
Effects of Stereotype Threat Reduced with Wise Interventions

The Chicago Post-Secondary Transition Project
Obstacles Facing Students on the Road to Post-Secondary Education

The Youth Program Quality Assessment
Tool Developed to Evaluate Quality in Youth Programs

Youth Sport Social Systems
Better Training for Coaches Positively Affects Young Athletes' Development

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