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10.26.2017 Graph comparing food insecurity by type of college

Food Insecurity at Two-Year Colleges

A recent Urban Institute study finds that students at two-year colleges are at risk of food insecurity. Could a review of the work requirements for SNAP eligibility help?

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

10.25.2017 Graphic showing annual average per capital growth in GDP conditional on test scores, years of schooling completed

Schooling vs. Learning

A World Bank report on how schooling is not the same as learning: students are leaving school without a real working knowledge of what their classes were supposed to teach.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

10.24.2017 Pie chart showing barriers to access to mental health

Barriers to Mental Health Treatment

Striking data from the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll on the reasons that millions of Americans skip needed mental health care.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

10.20.2017 a diagram of a survey

Teaching Love, Preventing Sexual Harassment

Adults are spending too much time worrying about the “hook-up culture” and too little time on guidance on healthy relationships from both parents and health or sex education classes.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

10.19.2017 Graph showing rising rate of homeless students

Homeless Students

The United States has experienced an alarming rise in the number of homeless K-12 students. "Invisibility" is a barrier to connecting homeless students to proper resources.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

10.17.2017 a graph of different colored bars

Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Mental Health Treatment

Adolescent racial or ethnic minorities in Massachusetts experience disproportionately high levels of sadness and suicide attempts. There is also a large disparity between white youth and minority youth receiving depression treatment.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

10.13.2017 a graph of increasing economic gains

Delaying School Start Times

Later school start times improve academic performance and mental and physical health for adolescents, as well as safety for the general public.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

10.12.2017 a graph of a number of people

The ACA and Narrow Networks for Mental Health

Data from provider networks in ACA marketplaces showed mental health care physicians were out-of-network almost 60% of the time, while primary care physicians were only out of network around 40% of the time.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

10.06.2017 The view along the Scenic Drive 287 in Wyoming

Success and Setbacks in Rural Health Systems

Vermont and Wyoming have similarities on many fronts, but there is a striking difference between the two states in terms of the performance of their healthcare systems.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

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