A research synthesis by Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Pamela Cantor, M.D., and Hirokazu Yoshikawa offers a conceptual foundation for rethinking the nature of learning, the work of teaching, and the purpose and design of schools and youth-facing policies.

A research synthesis by Linda Darling-Hammond aimed at educators.

A synthesis of the role of relationships and key macro and micro-contexts—poverty, racism, families, communities, schools, and peers—in supporting and/or undermining the healthy development of children and youth, using a relational developmental systems framework.

A synthesis of foundational knowledge from multiple scientific disciplines regarding how humans develop in context.

Children exposed to a traumatic event may be at higher risk for developing mental disorders.