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Study: Colon cancer screenings are more effective than previously understood
January 17, 2024 | MIT News | Peter Hull
By reevaluating existing data, researchers find the procedure is even more valuable than consensus had indicated.
The Best and Worst of Ed Reform in 2023
January 12, 2024 | Thomas B. Fordham Institute | John Papay
John Papay's and colleagues' research on "Understanding High Schools’ Effects on Longer-Term Outcomes" was chosen as the most important education study of 2023 by Amber Northern, Vice President of Research for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, during the Research in Review segment of the Institute's last...
What a Difference a Day Makes: How Schools Can Harness More Learning Time
December 21, 2023 | Education Week | Matthew Kraft
To help students regain academic ground lost during the pandemic, schools have often rearranged their class schedules to eke out more time for instruction in individual subjects. But new research suggests adding extra time to the school calendar—rather than rescheduling classes—is what really adds up for students over time.
The top 1% of American earners now own more wealth than the entire middle class
December 14, 2023 | USA Today | John Friedman
The top 1% of American earners now control more wealth than the nation’s entire middle class, federal data show.
Free New AI Tool to Help Americans Search and Compare Student Test Scores Across All 50 States
December 7, 2023 | The 74 | Emily Oster
Brown University’s Emily Oster says Zelma could democratize school performance data as schools struggle to recover from pandemic.
Science of Reading Push Helped Some States Exceed Pre-Pandemic Performance
November 29, 2023 | The 74 | Emily Oster
Brown University analysis of test data shows that ‘recovery is possible,’ but many states lag behind.
Brown University Unites Against Future Contagions
November 17, 2023 | Mirage News | Mark Lurie
A research project called MAPPS is convening a wide array of community members to better understand how social mixing contributes to virus spread, and how that may inform future pandemic response.
An Innovation System That Works
November 10, 2023 | Boston Review | Andrew Schrank
Before rushing to build the next DARPA, we need to assess the R&D model we have.
Legislating Inequity: Structural Racism In Groups Of State Laws And Associations With Premature Mortality Rates
November 8, 2023 | Health Affairs | Madina Agénor
Most evaluations of health equity policy have focused on the effects of individual laws. However, multiple laws’ combined effects better reflect the crosscutting nature of structurally racist legal regimes.
EPA to propose full ban on chemical linked to Woburn leukemia cluster
November 3, 2023 | The Boston Globe | David Savitz
The childhood cancer cases and subsequent litigation were chronicled in ‘A Civil Action.’