The Achievement Gap: Understanding Its Roots and What Narrows It
Gaps in educational achievement between demographic groups reflect unequal conditions, not unequal potential. Understanding those conditions is the pr...
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ADHD in Adults: Recognition, Treatment, and the Evidence Base
ADHD in adults was historically underrecognized. Growing research has established its prevalence, its significant consequences, and evidence-based app...
Chronic Disease Self-Management: What Research Shows About Patient Education Programs
Chronic conditions require daily management that healthcare providers cannot directly supervise. Research on self-management education shows patients ...
Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan: What Changes and What Endures
Cognitive abilities change throughout life in ways that are more nuanced than simple decline narratives suggest. Research reveals both vulnerabilities...
Measuring Impact in the Nonprofit Sector: What Works and What Misleads
Impact measurement has become central to nonprofit accountability. But not all measurement frameworks produce useful information, and some create perv...
Zoning Reform and Housing Affordability: The Policy Levers That Matter
America's housing affordability crisis is significantly a housing supply crisis, one with regulatory roots that local governments have the power...
Social Media and Teen Mental Health: What the Research Shows
The Surgeon General's advisory on social media and youth mental health renewed public debate about what research actually demonstrates about the ...
The Student Debt Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses
Total student debt in the United States exceeds $1.7 trillion. Understanding how it accumulated requires understanding a set of interconnected policy ...
Campus Sexual Assault Prevention: What Research Shows About Effective Approaches
Sexual assault on college campuses is a serious and persistent problem. Research on the effectiveness of prevention programs and institutional respons...
Childhood Anxiety: What Research Shows About Prevalence, Causes, and Treatment
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in children and adolescents. Understanding what the research shows about causes and effective treat...