Education Archives

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

10.19.2017 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

10.13.2017 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

09.20.2017 Springfield Illinois legislative chambers

New Budget, Old Problems: Public Health Challenges in Illinois

The ongoing effects of the Illinois budget crisis, in particular on public higher education, have clear negative consequences for individual and community health.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

06.13.2017

Cartoon drawing of a man and a woman with Sex? written in English and Arabic

In Search of Sex-Ed

Sexual education remains a topic shrouded in controversy in Lebanon’s patriarchal, male-dominated culture. In response to the alarming lack of sexual and reproductive health knowledge in the Lebanese community, a number of individuals and organizations have been diligently working to provide the public with reliable, comprehensive SRH information.

Guest Author Loulwa Soweid

05.22.2017 Video still from MTV Shuga Season Five, Episode 4, Segment 2 showing Bongi at the doctor's office

Just Don't Call It Edutainment

How the best entertainment can educate: a World Bank study in Nigeria on sexual health behavior change shows that MTV Shuga is making a mark.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

04.19.2017 Map of US showing School-Based Health Centers

School-Based Health

Many vulnerable students are not able to access health care due to transportation or financial barriers. School-based health centers, while not yet widely implemented, have positive influences on both health and education outcomes.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

01.26.2017 a graph showing the growth of a number of people

Health Equity

Education as a Social Determinant of Health

Education is one of the most powerful drivers of wellness. Although the number of years of education attained for both males and females has increased globally since 1970, we still note a disparity between males and females.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

01.03.2017 Graph showing reasons homeless kids miss school

Why Do Homeless Kids Miss School?

Getting to school is a challenge for lots of American kids, but homeless children face particularly steep barriers. United States Department of Education data illustrate the public health nature of many of the reasons homeless kids miss school.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

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