Education Archives

03.20.2018 PIxellatd closeup of a baby's eyes and nose

Glued to the Tube

Seventy-five percent of parents with young children reported having television on at least half of the time even when no one is watching. What role does screen time play in family interactions?

Fellow Erin Polka

01.08.2018 Sex Ed educational graphic from El Salvador

El Salvador: Sex Ed In the Time of Zika

The Zika virus brought attention and resources to El Salvador, but was this enough to overcome the cultural stigmas surrounding sex ed?

Guest Author Lauryn Claassen

10.30.2017 Boy looking out of the window of a schoolbus

Better Needs Assessments for Better Education Outcomes

About one in six US public schools did not meet standards for student achievement in the 2014-2015 school year. Children of color and kids from low-income families are most affected by the low performance of these schools.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

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

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