Education correlates strongly with most important social and economic outcomes such as economic success, health, family stability, and social connections. —Michael Hout, Annual Review of Sociology
In this collection we explore challenges facing educators, students, and society today. The intersection of education and public health is especially relevant in light of the recent global pandemic. Parents, teachers, and administrators must develop new protocols and curriculum to further the education of children, adolescents, and young adults while protecting the safety and well-being of the community.
Our experts review education's impact on society through the lenses of psychology, development, economics, public health, and sociology. How have modern education policies changed lives? How have they not? How will policies change in response to the long-term consequences of COVID-19?
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Last updated 08/2023
Education and Development
Early Childhood Education: Health, Equity, and Economics
Robert A. Hahn and W. Steven Barnett, Annual Review of Public Health
The Great Divide: Education, Despair, and Death
Anne Case and Angus Deaton, Annual Review of Economics
Computer Games in Education
Richard E. Mayer, Annual Review of Psychology
*FEATURED IN KNOWABLE MAGAZINE: What Electronic Games Can Teach Us
Social Background and Children's Cognitive Skills: The Role of Early Childhood Education and Care in a Cross-National Perspective
Nevena Kulic, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, and Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Annual Review of Sociology
The Development of Cumulative Cultural Learning
Cristine H. Legare, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Early Development of Visual Attention: Change, Stability, and Longitudinal Associations
Alexandra Hendry, Mark H. Johnson, and Karla Holmboe, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Education Financing and Student Lending
Gene Amromin and Janice Eberly, Annual Review of Financial Economics
Social and Economic Returns to College Education in the United States
Michael Hout, Annual Review of Sociology
Schools and Social Stratification
Neighborhood-School Structures: A New Approach to the Joint Study of Social Contexts
Peter Rich and Ann Owens, Annual Review of Sociology
Hobbling: The Effects of Proactive Policing and Mass Imprisonment on Children's Education
Benjamin Justice, Annual Review of Law and Social Science
Improving Student Outcomes in Higher Education: The Science of Targeted Intervention
Judith M. Harackiewicz and Stacy J. Priniski, Annual Review of Psychology
Randomized Experiments in Education, with Implications for Multilevel Causal Inference
Stephen W. Raudenbush and Daniel Schwartz, Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application
*FROM KNOWABLE MAGAZINE: Curbing Implicit Bias: What Works and What Doesn't
Psychologists have yet to find a way to diminish hidden prejudice, but they do have strategies for thwarting discrimination.
Education in East Asian Societies: Postwar Expansion and the Evolution of Inequality
Emily Hannum, Hiroshi Ishida, Hyunjoon Park, and Tony Tam, Annual Review of Sociology
60 Years After Brown: Trends and Consequences of School Segregation
Sean F. Reardon and Ann Owens, Annual Review of Sociology
Testing and Social Stratification in American Education
Eric Grodsky, John Robert Warren, and Erika Felts, Annual Review of Sociology
Learning Beyond the School Walls: Trends and Implications
Hyunjoon Park, Claudia Buchmann, Jaesung Choi, and Joseph J. Merry, Annual Review of Sociology
Identifying Pathways Between Socioeconomic Status and Language Development
Amy Pace, Rufan Luo, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Annual Review of Linguistics
STEM Education
Yu Xie, Michael Fang, and Kimberlee Shauman, Annual Review of Sociology
Health and Education
Enhancing Community Engagement by Schools and Programs of Public Health in the United States
Mindi B. Levin, Janice V. Bowie, Steven K. Ragsdale, Amy L. Gawad, Lisa A. Cooper, and Joshua M. Sharfstein, Annual Review of Public Health
Inequality and the COVID-19 Crisis in the United Kingdom
Richard Blundell, Monica Costa Dias, Jonathan Cribb, Robert Joyce, Tom Waters, Thomas Wernham, and Xiaowei Xu, Annual Review of Economics
School Health as a Strategy to Improve Both Public Health and Education
Lloyd J. Kolbe, Annual Review of Public Health
The Relationship Between Education and Health: Reducing Disparities Through a Contextual Approach
Anna Zajacova and Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Annual Review of Public Health
Early Care, Education, and Child Development
Deborah A. Phillips and Amy E. Lowenstein, Annual Review of Psychology
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