Education Archives

09.24.2024 stack of books with a red and blue gradient filter. education concept

Public Health on the Ballot: Education

A look at where the presidential candidates stand on issues surrounding education, past and present.

Fellow Heather Sherr

09.03.2024 Tariem Burroughs headshot

Health Equity

Tariem Burroughs

Tariem Burroughs, executive director of external partnerships at Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, discusses his work helping public health students find their niche in the field.

Fellow Heather Sherr

06.17.2024 Lines of desks in an empty public school classroom

How COVID-19 Affected U.S. Public School Enrollments

The pandemic resulted in the largest decline in public school enrollment in history, with virtual learning districts facing the biggest drop.

Guest Author Micah Baum

05.22.2024

Unlocking Understanding: Sex Ed for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive less sexual education than their neurotypical peers. Many believe parents should play a bigger role in filling in the education gaps.

Fellow Dani Weissert

04.09.2024 Cover image for censorship in the classroom podcast episode - empty classroom of desks

Censorship In the Classroom: Book Bans and Challenges, Part 2

PHPod sits down with Leah Watson, a staff attorney with the ACLU Racial Justice Program, to discuss book bans and censorship in the classroom.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

03.19.2024 Line graph depicting trends in overdose deaths per 100,000 population by educational attainment

Education and Overdose Deaths

People who use drugs had higher death rates than those who did not across all educational levels, with death rates highest among those with less formal education.

Fellow Sean Hagan

02.09.2024 Shot of two unrecognisable builders walking through a construction site

Health Equity

The Intersection Between Aging, Education, and Work

Those with higher educational attainment report less work limitations as they age compared to those with lower educational attainment.

Guest Author Leah Abrams

01.23.2024 (on left) Timing of first exclusionary school discipline (ESD) event: among all students, pattern of average GPA by year of first ESD event. (on right), Repeat annual ESD events: among students whose first ESD was in year 1

(on left) Timing of first exclusionary school discipline (ESD) event: among all students, pattern of average GPA by year of first ESD event. (on right), Repeat annual ESD events: among students whose first ESD was in year 1

Excluded from the Honor Roll

Black and Latine students experience expulsions or suspensions from school more often than their peers, facing nearly 10 and 3 times more exclusionary punishments than White students, respectively.

Fellow Caroline Dignard

01.16.2024 Group of young children walking into school

Putting the PECEs Together: Helping More Children Get Ready for School

Children in households with greater positive experiences were more often prepared for school success than those with less positivity, even when considering their past experiences with adversity.

Guest Authors Marvin So, Krista P. Woodward

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