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Vibrant and Healthy Kids report

Morgan's research cited in report on using science and policy to advance health

December 13, 2019

Paul Morgan, director of the Center for Educational Disparities Research and PRI affiliate, and his research team's finding on disparities in disability identification are repeatedly cited in Vibrant and Healthy Kids, the new National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report on using…
News Topics: PRISSRICollege of EducationSpecial EducationPenn State Research
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Shores' research on cuts in school spending leading to learning loss

September 30, 2019

SSRI cofunded faculty member Kenneth Shores' research into school spending cuts triggered by the Great Recession being associated with sizable losses in academic achievement for students living in counties most affected by the economic downturn, was published recently in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed…
News Topics: SSRICollege of Health and Human DevelopmentHuman Development and Family StudiesEducationSchool SpendingSchool
Jennifer Frank in floral blouse.

Professor contributes to federal report on child and youth mental health

September 23, 2019

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for a comprehensive national agenda to improve mental, emotional and behavioral health in children and youth. Jennifer Frank, assistant professor of education, senior research associate with the Edna Bennett…
News Topics: Prevention Research CenterSSRIMental HealthChild HealthFundingPenn State ResearchCollege of Education
African American student in class.

Study: Black students less likely to be identified as having disabilities

August 28, 2019

Black and Latino students in the South are less likely to be identified as having learning disabilities when compared to their White peers, according to a study that will be published in a forthcoming issue of Exceptional Children. The most stark results included the number of Black students who…
News Topics: DiscriminationCollege of EducationSpecial EducationSSRIPenn State ResearchEducation
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New studies challenge the claim that black students are sent to special ed too much

August 19, 2019

Column by Jill Barshay Decades of research have documented that students of color, particularly black children, are disproportionately classified by schools as having disabilities. In 2016, 12 percent of black children across the nation received services at school for disabilities ranging from…
News Topics: SSRIPenn State ResearchDiscriminationCollege of EducationSpecial EducationEducation
Student on laptop.

Study shows benefits to changing students' mindsets about learning

August 7, 2019

A groundbreaking new experimental study with more than 12,000 ninth grade students in the United States confirmed that a low-cost online program that takes less than an hour to complete can help students develop a growth mindset — the belief that intellectual abilities are not fixed but can be…
News Topics: College of EducationEducation PolicyEducationPsychologySociologySSRI
Black student troubled.

Morgan cited in new federal report on race and school discipline

July 23, 2019

Lauren Camera, Education Reporter, U.S. News & World Report Black students with disabilities are disciplined more often than their white peers, pushing them into the school-to-prison pipeline at higher rates, a new report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights shows – just the latest finding…
News Topics: DiscriminationCollege of EducationEducationPenn State ResearchSSRISchool
Headshot of Erica Frankenberg with long brown hair and multi-colored blouse.

New research details increasing segregation in a transformed school population

May 13, 2019

As the nation prepares to mark the 65th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional, the UCLA Civil Rights Project and the Penn State Center for Education and Civil Rights today (May 10) published new research detailing…
News Topics: SegregationDiscriminationCollege of EducationEducationEducation PolicySSRIPenn State ResearchSchool

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