This link is to the Child Trends Databank. As noted at its website, "Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and families by providing research and data to inform decision-making that affects children. In addition to conducting its own research, Child Trends works with federal and state officials and other researchers to improve the quality, scope, and use of data on children and their families."

This link is to the Minneapolis Public Schools' positive school climate toolkit. Though oriented toward the Minneapolis Public Schools, the content may be useful to educators in other states.

Developed by the Center for Disease Control's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, this index can be used as a self-assessment and planning tool for schools to improve the effectiveness of their health and safety policies and programs.

This link is to the Center for Mental Health in Schools website. The Center is funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

This link is to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count initiative. As noted at its website, "Kids Count is a national and state by state effort to track the status of children in the United States."

This link is to the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP). As noted at its website, "NCCP is the nation's leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America's low-income families and children. As a division of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, NCCP is a nonpartisan, public interest research organization."

This link is to an ACT issue brief discussing the impact of non-academic factors on college readiness among high school students. ACT is formerly known as the American College Testing Program.