Check out "Mind Over Matter", a series of science-based drug education materials for pre-teenagers produced by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health. A set of five "magazines" that fold out to become colorful posters explain the brain's response to different types of drugs and encourage student interest in science.

Bruce Linton, founder of the Fathers' Forum, created this organization to help fathers by providing contacts and resources.

This program is designed to help children set goals for themselves, resist pressures, learn how to resolve conflicts without violence and understand how gangs and youth violence affect the quality of their lives.

Service learning provides hands-on opportunities for young people to learn "on the job," volunteering in their community through school-sponsored programs. Learn more about this emerging movement to engage young people and teach through doing.

A study of service learning programs by Joseph Kahn and Joel Westheimer indicates that the teaching component is just as critical as the volunteer component in helping students connect their experiences in the field with their understanding of broader social and political issues.

The National Household Education Survey regularly conducts topical interviews of households on topics such as early childhood education, school readiness, parent involvement in education, safety and discipline, and adult education.