Education Archives

01.14.2022 Chart showing reading level by state

Read on Lead

Lead poisoning prevention materials may not be at an accessible reading level for the target audience.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

01.10.2022 Illustration of children with backpacks walking

Preparatory Pre-K

Enrollment in public or private pre-K boosted students’ kindergarten readiness.

Fellow Sara Mar

09.03.2021 classroom heat map

Too Hot to Learn

Overheated classrooms negatively impact standardized test scores, and were worse for Black and Hispanic students than white students.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

07.08.2021 chalkboard with sex ed written on it

The Spectrum of Comprehensive Sex-Ed

Researchers reviewed the laws and sex education policies in all 50 states for grades K-12, looking specifically for the inclusion of LGBTQ topics.

Fellow Sara Mar

06.08.2021 chart

The Seat in the Classroom

Lower concentrations of high-performance pre-K programs were found in Brooklyn neighborhoods with more Black residents.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

05.17.2021 chart

Biases in ADHD

Research suggests that racial attitudes contribute to deviations in parent and teacher perceptions of children’s ADHD behaviors.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

05.13.2021 child holding puzzle piece

Health Equity

Diagnosis Differences

Individual differences in autism spectrum disorder symptoms may become lost in the diagnostic chasm depending upon where the diagnosis is made.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

03.30.2021 a silhouette of a child holding a cup

Child Hunger and School Punishment

Children in food-insecure homes may be vulnerable to harmful exclusionary disciplinary responses in school, including suspension and expulsion—as early as preschool.

Guest Author Dylan B. Jackson

03.05.2021 a graph of different colored lines

Read Between the Tweets

Social media doesn't just read our minds; it can help shape our health behaviors.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

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