Abundant evidence has shown that quality early childhood programs generate enormous long-term benefits for young people as they grow to become productive adults, for our economy, and for society. But we don't have to wait 10 or 20 years to see strong returns on our investments in young children. Some programs create real savings in a year or less.…

This issue brief is presented as an update to "Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure Into Action." A national sample of more than 2,000 teenagers and 2,000 of their parents in a telephone poll indicates that the overwhelming majority of young people ages 12-17 say they have a "mostly" or "very" close relationship with their mothers and…

"Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure into Action" is the first national research that comprehensively measures the presence of the essential resources that correlate with success in both youth and adulthood. The report indicates that there is much work to do as a nation. It also shows how failure can be turned into action to improve the…