Digital Opportunity

Education Week

Wendy Lazarus describes the need for schools and organizations to prioritize bridging the gap between school and home in order "to have parents become both digitally literate and more engaged in their children's education," in this article about schools using social networking to involve parents. 

Download here (PDF).

The Washington Post

An article highlighting the VirtuallyGood4Kids (VG4K) inititative encouraging  the gaming "industry to provide parents and their kids with more opportunities to direct the money they spend on virtual purchases toward fundraising causes."

Learn more about VirtuallyGood4Kids.

By The Children's Partnership | October 2010

By Jenny Kattlove | September 2009

Working Draft by Stefanie Gluckman with Terri Shaw | October 2008

This Issue Brief describes how Electronic Record Systems (ERS) - electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technology solutions that facilitate the management, sharing, and use of information - can benefit children in foster care, and the systems that serve them. The brief profiles state and local ERS efforts for the foster care population, highlighting early evidence of the efforts' impact and outlining lessons- learned. It also provides recommendations for actions to expand the reach of ERSs to benefit greater numbers of children in foster care and, potentially, other children and families.

Download the Issue Brief (PDF, 516 KB)

Download the Exectuve Summary (PDF, 216 KB)

Download a One-Page Overview of How Technology is Being Used to Improve the Lives of California's Foster Care Youth (PDF, 92 KB)

By April KirkHart, Jessica Rothschuh, and Jenny Kattlove
April, 2008

By Jenny Kattlove with Terri Shaw | March 2008

By April KirkHart and Rebecca Shwalb
July 2007

By Jessica Rothschuh and April KirkHart with Wendy Lazarus | July 2007

By April KirkHart and James Lau with Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper | March 2007

By Wendy Lazarus and Andrew Wainer with Laurie Lipper | June 2005

By Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper | October 2003

This report includes original research and recommendations to encourage both the creation and evaluation of online content in a way that considers the particular needs of low-income or other underserved individuals. The report also includes a set of guidelines to guide those seeking to create or evaluate content.

Download the report (PDF, 708 KB).