CCF Briefing
- It’s Dangerous to Be a Boy
- No progress in the achievement gap in 50 years, new study says
- Abuse of ‘extended time’ on SAT and ACT outrages learning disability community
- The most consequential, and least informed, decision that college students make
- The share of Americans not having sex has reached a record high
- The Cult of Homework
- Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?
- How Much Should You Know About Your Therapist’s Life?
- What Happens When Women Stop Leading Like Men
- Inside America’s Black Box: A Rare Look at the Violence of Incarceration
- With Funeral Home Rules Due for an Update, There’s a Push for Online Prices
- Mary Warnock, Who Offered Guidance on Embryo Use, Dies at 94
- Where There’s Rarely a Doctor in the House: Assisted Living
- Goodbye, Women’s History Month. Here Are 15 Women We Shouldn’t Forget.
- With Guns Drawn, Officers Raided Home to Get Unvaccinated, Feverish Child
- 11 Senators Want To Know Why The CDC’s Gun Injury Estimates Are Unreliable
- The Dismal Career Opportunities for Military Spouses
- Why your chronological age doesn’t tell your doctor much about you
- Notes from a miscarriage
- Even very short jail sentences drive people away from voting
- Why the traditional marriage proposal refuses to go away
- Who Counts as a Woman?
- What we mean when we talk about obesity, and why it matters
- How the Trump Era Is Molding the Next Generation of Voters
- What Your Therapist Is Thinking About in That Therapy Session
- Why Identity Politics Could Be Good Politics For Democrats In 2020
- Womansplaining the Pay Gap
- What Women in New York Earn Compared to Men
- Transplant Patients Need Anti-Rejection Drugs. Why Won’t Insurers Pay for Some of Them?
- Americans Borrowed $88 Billion to Pay for Health Care Last Year, Survey Finds
- Time Outs for Everyone
- Friends Back Home Judge Me for Not Spanking My Kids
- How Domestic Workers Enable Well-Off Women to Prosper
- America doesn’t just have a gender pay gap. It has a gender wealth gap.
- ‘This is not me’
- Even at elite colleges lauded for their generosity, some students take on debt
- 50 Years of Affirmative Action: What Went Right, and What It Got Wrong
- Place the interests of children in foster care first
- It’s Tough Being the First Birth Control App
- College students should get more from work-study jobs
- It’s Dangerous to Be a Boy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/opinion/sunday/boys-men-violence.html
They smoke more, fight more and are far more likely to die young than girls. But their tendency to violence isn’t innate.
- No progress in the achievement gap in 50 years, new study says
Despite decades of public education reform efforts, the national achievement gap between low-and high-income students has been stagnant for nearly a half century.
- Abuse of ‘extended time’ on SAT and ACT outrages learning disability community
- The most consequential, and least informed, decision that college students make
- The share of Americans not having sex has reached a record high
- The Cult of Homework
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/03/homework-research-how-much/585889
America’s devotion to the practice stems in part from the fact that it’s what today’s parents and teachers grew up with themselves.
- Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/
Despite the easing of taboos and the rise of hookup apps, Americans are in the midst of a sex recession.
- How Much Should You Know About Your Therapist’s Life?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/opinion/therapy-therapists.html
In today’s world, it’s impossible for any professional to be a blank slate. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
- What Happens When Women Stop Leading Like Men
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/opinion/women-leadership-jacinda-ardern.html
Jacinda Ahern, Nancy Pelosi and the power of female grace.
- Inside America’s Black Box: A Rare Look at the Violence of Incarceration
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/us/inside-americas-black-box.html
Would we fix our prisons if we could see what happens inside them?
- With Funeral Home Rules Due for an Update, There’s a Push for Online Prices
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/your-money/funeral-homes-pricing.html
Federal regulations that took effect 35 years ago don’t require them — a disadvantage for people who are shopping when they’re most vulnerable.
- Mary Warnock, Who Offered Guidance on Embryo Use, Dies at 94
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/obituaries/mary-warnock-dead.html
Ms. Warnock a British moral philosopher, oversaw a committee that examined how to regulate the creation of human life in laboratories.
- Where There’s Rarely a Doctor in the House: Assisted Living
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/health/assisted-living-doctors-house-calls.html
As residents become older and more frail, some facilities are bringing in doctors and nurses instead of relying on 911.
- Goodbye, Women’s History Month. Here Are 15 Women We Shouldn’t Forget.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/us/forgotten-womens-history.html
From an 80-year-old tiger trainer to the motorcycle queen of Miami, these are the stories of trailblazing women you likely didn’t learn about in school.
- With Guns Drawn, Officers Raided Home to Get Unvaccinated, Feverish Child
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/us/unvaccinated-children-home-raids.html
The police burst into an Arizona home to take custody of a sick toddler, raising questions about when parents can be stripped of control over their children’s health care.
- 11 Senators Want To Know Why The CDC’s Gun Injury Estimates Are Unreliable
- The Dismal Career Opportunities for Military Spouses
For the partners of America’s active-duty service members, finding a stable, well-paid job is often impossible.
- Why your chronological age doesn’t tell your doctor much about you
Your biological age is a measure of your physiological state compared with other people who have the same number of calendar years.
- Notes from a miscarriage
How do we tell the mundane, messy stories of being a woman?
- Even very short jail sentences drive people away from voting
- Why the traditional marriage proposal refuses to go away
Even in this era of the “new normal”, gender stereotypes cast a long shadow.
- Who Counts as a Woman?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/opinion/trans-women-feminism.htm
The attempt to exclude trans women from the ranks of women reinforces the dangerous idea that there is a right way to be female.
- What we mean when we talk about obesity, and why it matters
Weight bias can threaten people’s physical and emotional health. But sometimes even experts display it.
- How the Trump Era Is Molding the Next Generation of Voters
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/upshot/trump-era-molding-young-voters.html
Recent data — and interviews with a dozen teens on the front lines of politics — show a decided leftward lean.
- What Your Therapist Is Thinking About in That Therapy Session
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/books/lori-gottlieb-maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone.html
A conversation with Lori Gottlieb about her new book, “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed.”
- Why Identity Politics Could Be Good Politics For Democrats In 2020
- Womansplaining the Pay Gap
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/business/equal-pay-day.html
I asked the gender editor of The Times to walk us through the details.
- What Women in New York Earn Compared to Men
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/nyregion/newyorktoday/nyc-news-women-equal-pay-day.html
- Transplant Patients Need Anti-Rejection Drugs. Why Won’t Insurers Pay for Some of Them?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/health/organ-transplant-drugs-medicare.html
Drugs to prevent organ rejection are not always covered for patients who had transplants before they enrolled in Medicare.
- Americans Borrowed $88 Billion to Pay for Health Care Last Year, Survey Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/health/americans-health-care-debt-borrowing.html
A new survey by Gallup and the nonprofit West Health also found that nearly half of Americans fear bankruptcy in the event of a health emergency.
- Time Outs for Everyone
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/parenting/child-discipline.html
How to discipline without spanking or yelling when your kid is pushing you to the brink.
- Friends Back Home Judge Me for Not Spanking My Kids
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/parenting/spanking-children.html
They justify spanking by saying we were hit as children, and we turned out just fine. But did we?
- How Domestic Workers Enable Well-Off Women to Prosper
In her new book, Women’s Work, the journalist Megan Stack grapples with how she’s been able to advance in her career at the expense of other women’s labor.
- America doesn’t just have a gender pay gap. It has a gender wealth gap.
How to close the wealth divide between men and women.
- ‘This is not me’
The rise of tent encampments is changing the face of American homelessness. Inside one, Monica Diaz struggles to keep her full-time job — and her dignity.
- Even at elite colleges lauded for their generosity, some students take on debt
And those from low-income backgrounds are more likely to have trouble paying it back
- 50 Years of Affirmative Action: What Went Right, and What It Got Wrong
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/us/affirmative-action-50-years.html
- Place the interests of children in foster care first
Two bills would allow agencies to refuse to serve qualified families because of their faith, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity
- It’s Tough Being the First Birth Control App
Natural Cycles is more effective than the pill, but that didn’t help it escape a PR crisis.
- College students should get more from work-study jobs
Instead of swiping access cards or sitting behind a desk, Andre Perry asks: Why can’t more on-campus work-study jobs help today’s college students prepare for their careers?
