Girls Inc. is committed to a vision of empowered girls in an equitable society. It is our conviction that the voices of girls must inform the public dialogue about the role gender plays in our world. Only girls can tell us about the realities of their lives, goals, and experiences.
The Supergirl Dilemma: Girls Grapple with the Mounting Pressure of Expectations was commissioned by Girls Inc. and conducted by Harris Interactive to provide important insight into girls' lives today. This study was designed to give voice to girls--their opinions, aspirations, and fears. Girls spoke out about the mounting expectations they face from family, peers, and educators as they struggle to decode confusing messages from the media and reject traditional gender stereotypes. We also wanted to know how gender stereotypes affect boys and how girls, boys, and adults view the stereotypes that confront society each day.
It is our hope that these findings will spark and sustain a public dialogue about the issues girls face and ultimately influence parents, educators, and opinion and policy makers.
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The California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) is the largest statewide survey of resiliency, protective factors, and risk behaviors in the nation. Across California, the CHKS has led to a better understanding of the relationship between students' health behaviors and academic performance, and is frequently cited by state policymakers and the media as a critical component of school improvement efforts to help guide the development of more effective health, prevention, and youth development programs. It can be easily customized to meet local needs, interests, and standards, and provides a means to confidentially obtain data on student knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions about the topics it covers.
The CHKS also helps schools meet the current requirements of the federal Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSC) as embodied in Title IV of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. NCLB requires that CDE collects data on the incidence, prevalence, age of onset, and perception of health risks and social disapproval of drug use by youth, and violence in schools and communities through anonymous student and teacher surveys. With the CHKS, schools, districts, counties, and the state have a standard tool that promotes the collection of uniform data within and across local education agencies that are also comparable to existing state and national survey datasets. Find your schools results online at www.chks.wested.org/reports/search. |
