Policy P

I Intro A Brief statement of the education-relevant issue/problem B Why it is the topic important 1 sample stat and citation 2 sample result and citation C Brief description of the policy proposed to address the issue/problem D over-view of what the paper will do and cover

II Stats that show the current state with respect to your policy/need for the policy A Statistics 1 stat1 (citation) 2 stat2 (citation) 3 stat3 (citation) 4 etc. B explanation of how the stats show a need for the policy

III Existing Policy Review A Policy 1 + URL/citation

1. Description 2. Strengths (support with citations from the lit review) 3. Weaknesses (support with citations from the lit review)

B Policy 2 + URL/citation 1. Description 2. Strengths (support with citations from the lit review) 3. Weaknesses (support with citations from the lit review)

C summary of policies; key points; and discussion of scholarly article addressing the issues related to these policies (this article is separate from the lit review)

IV Lit Review: 12 research articles; grouped into subsections of related articles (the number of articles in each subtopic will vary but you need at least two); each article lists, goals, subjects and results; at the end of subsections you will summarize key findings and explain how these finding support your policy – do NOT do this article by article A Subtopic 1 Article 1 Goals Subjects Results Article 2 Goals Subjects Results Article 3 Goals Subjects Results Subtopic 1 Summary B Subtopic 2 Article 4 Goals Subjects Results Article 5 Goals Subjects Results Article 6 Goals

Subjects Results Subtopic 2 Summary C Subtopic 3 Article 7 Goals Subjects Results Article 8 Goals Subjects Results Article 9 Goals Subjects Results Subtopic 3 Summary D Subtopic 4 Article 10 Goals Subjects Results Article 11 Goals Subjects Results Article 12 Goals Subjects Results Subtopic 1 Summary

V Policy Proposal A detailed proposal (components of the policy linked to the stats (II), the lit review

(III), and existing policy (IV) – this answers who, what, where, when, and how; the why is selected results, stats, or policies from sections II, III, and IV

1 2 3 B set of specific, concrete, evidence-based goals you want the policy to achieve

VII Evaluation A process (how you will test that the components of the policy were implemented

correctly) 1 2 3 Etc. B outcomes – how you will test that the goals were achieved 1 goal 1 2 goal 2 3 goal 3

VIII Conclusion A summary of key points (stats, prior policies, lit review) B summary of policy proposal and how this will promote child well-being in a broad sense

C how the policy promotes children’s rights – citing specific articles from the Children’s Rights Convention (see the article posted on the assignment page)

IX reference list for the 15 required references