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Massinga, Ruth; Pecora, Peter J. – Future of Children, 2004
A growing number of children over age 10 reside in and emancipate from foster care every year. Older children face many of the same challenges as younger children, but they also have unique developmental needs. This article discusses older children in the child welfare system and finds: (1) Approximately 47% of children in foster care are over age…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Substance Abuse, Homeless People, Educational Attainment
Hernandez, Donald J. – Future of Children, 2004
Several major demographic shifts over the past half-century have transformed who we are and how we live in this country in many ways. Most striking, however, is the fact that children today are much more likely to be members of ethnic or racial minority groups. Racial/ethnic minorities are destined, in aggregate, to become the numerical majority…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Ethnicity, Poverty
Nightingale, Demetra Smith; Fix, Michael – Future of Children, 2004
A number of economic and labor market trends in the United States over the past 30 years affect the well-being of workers and their families. This article describes key changes taking place and the implications for social and economic policies designed to help low-income working families and their children, particularly those families that include…
Descriptors: Wages, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Labor Market
Takanishi, Ruby – Future of Children, 2004
Many young children in immigrant families do not have good access to health and education services. To the extent that their life prospects are compromised as a result, these children--and the entire society--suffer. This article discusses the needs of children from birth to age eight, with a particular focus on the education needs of young…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Young Children, Family Literacy, Immigrants
Coll, Cynthia Garcia; Szalacha, Laura A. – Future of Children, 2004
During middle childhood, children begin to navigate their own ways through societal structures, forming ideas about their individual talents and aspirations for the future. The ability to forge a positive pathway can have major implications for their success as adults. The pathways to success, however, may differ for children of diverse cultural,…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Social Stratification, Cultural Influences, Immigrants
Perez, Sonia M. – Future of Children, 2004
One of the most profound demographic shifts in the United States during the past two decades has been the dramatic increase in the Hispanic population, driven both by high birth rates relative to other racial and ethnic groups, and by immigration. The Hispanic population grew by 58% from 1990 to 2000, and in 2003 became the largest "minority"…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Minority Groups
Yang, KaYing – Future of Children, 2004
Although an impressive number of Americans whose ancestors are from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam ("Southeast Asian Americans") have achieved tremendous success in education, a disproportionate number have found it difficult to succeed academically. Yet their difficulties are largely invisible to policymakers, who tend to look only to the…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Asian American Students
Edelman, Marian Wright; Jones, James M. – Future of Children, 2004
Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in "Brown v. Board of Education" that: "Segregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation, denies to Negro children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth…
Descriptors: Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, American Indians, Asian Americans
Harden, Brenda Jones – Future of Children, 2004
Children in foster care face a challenging journey through childhood. In addition to the troubling family circumstances that bring them into state care, they face additional difficulties within the child welfare system that may further compromise their healthy development. This article discusses the importance of safety and stability to healthy…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Child Safety, Child Welfare, Foster Care