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Now Available: "Children and Electronic Media," Edited by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Elisabeth Hirschhorn Donahue. This volume is accompanied by a Policy Brief, Executive Summary and chapter summaries.

Also Available: "The Next Generation of Antipoverty Policies," Edited by Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill. This volume is accompanied by a Policy Brief, Executive Summary and chapter summaries.

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“Students and Electronic Media: Teaching in the Technological Age” -- A free one day conference for school administrators and educators was held on the campus of Princeton University on May 2, 2008. For More information click here

“Students and Electronic Media: Parenting in the Technological Age” -- A free seminar for parents was held on the campus of Princeton University on May 1st, 2008. For more information click here

The Brookings Institution held a free event to mark the release of the new volume of FOC,“Children and Electronic Media” on Wednesday, April 23. For a transcript of the event click here

FOC Author and Board member Professor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn discusses marketing to children on the NPR program “On Point.” Click here to listen

FOC Senior Editor Ron Haskins discusses a new paper on the shrinking middle class on American Public Media's “Marketplace.” Click here to listen

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"Juvenile Justice" (Vol. 18, No. 2) to be published fall 2008.

"America's High Schools" (Vol. 19, No. 1) to be published spring 2009.

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