CCF Briefing
- There’s Evidence on How to Raise Children, but Are Parents Listening?
- Can Data Ward Off College Debt? New Strategy Focuses on Results By KEVIN CAREY
- Sex education: Why an abstinence-only approach is problematic
- The health effects of screen time
- America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.
- HUD moves to allow discrimination against homeless transgender people
- White Women Are Helping States Pass Abortion Restrictions
- Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States
- There’s More to College Than Getting Into College
- Something Is Changing in the Way People Eat at Home
- Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity
- No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
- My Miscarriage Cured My Fear of Childbirth
- Two L.G.B.T.Q. Memoirs Sow the Seeds of Progress
- Many Adults Would Struggle to Find $400, the Fed Finds
- 4.2 percent of students
- My Rapist Apologized
- These Rape Victims Had to Sue to Get the Police to Investigate
- What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019
- How to Bullyproof Your Child
- There’s Evidence on How to Raise Children, but Are Parents Listening?
- ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ vs. ‘Forced Pregnancy’: The Language Wars of the Abortion Debate
- Same-Sex Parents, U.S. Citizens, Are Told Their Baby Needs a Visa
- Who White Democrats Vote For In 2020 Could Be Shaped By Why They Think Clinton Lost
- In Health Care, Too Much Privacy Is a Bad Thing
- Is the Wedding Wow Factor Worth It?
- Girls’ Side and Boys’ Side? Not at These Summer Camps
- In Warmer Rooms, Women Were Better Test Takers
- America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.
- Siri and Alexa Fuel Sexism, U.N. Finds
- Washington State Becomes First to Allow Human Composting
- End the Plague of Secret Parenting
- What We Fight About When We Fight About Parking
- Five Innovative Ways Cities Are Improving Life for Seniors
- There’s Evidence on How to Raise Children, but Are Parents Listening?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/upshot/babies-evidence-parenting-myths.html
Day-to-day individual choices matter less than we think, but national policies seem to matter a lot.
- Can Data Ward Off College Debt? New Strategy Focuses on Results By KEVIN CAREY
Knowing by major and by program how much money students borrow (and later earn) could shake up the higher education market.
- Sex education: Why an abstinence-only approach is problematic
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/education/sex-education-abstinence-research
- The health effects of screen time
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health/screen-time-children-health-research
For many kids, play time outside has been replaced with games and videos on smartphone screens. How is this impacting children’s health? We present research on how screen time affects such things as fine motor skills, insulin resistance, sleep and suicide rates.
- America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/opinion/california-housing-nimby.html
The demise of a California housing measure shows how progressives abandon progressive values in their own backyards.
- HUD moves to allow discrimination against homeless transgender people
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/22/hud-homeless-transgender-1468568
- White Women Are Helping States Pass Abortion Restrictions
Their support for Republican officials has been key to the GOP’s strength in the South.
- Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States
http://pellinstitute.org/indicators/
Young people from the wealthiest 25 percent of families had earned a bachelor’s degree by the age of 24 at nearly five times the rate of their peers in the lowest quartile in 2017
- There’s More to College Than Getting Into College
Applying to schools has become an endless chore—one that teaches students nothing about what really matters in higher education.
- Something Is Changing in the Way People Eat at Home
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/05/meals-couches-bedrooms-kitchen-table/590026
Out with the kitchen table, and in with the couch.
- Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/warm-offices-women-productivity/589966
As their goosebumps have long suggested, women perform better on tests of cognitive function at toastier room temperatures.
- No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/smarter-living/no-night-owls-arent-doomed-to-die-early.html
Despite alarmist headlines and a study that suggested morning people live longer, the truth is more complicated.
- My Miscarriage Cured My Fear of Childbirth
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/style/self-care/miscarriage-cured-fear-of-childbirth.html
It was a heartbreaking yet galvanizing preview of what the human body can endure — physically, emotionally and spiritually.
- Two L.G.B.T.Q. Memoirs Sow the Seeds of Progress
Jacob Tobia’s “Sissy” and Samantha Allen’s “Real Queer America” speak from outside the stereotypes of trans narratives.
- Many Adults Would Struggle to Find $400, the Fed Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/business/economy/fed-400-dollar-survey.html
Household finances are improving in a strong job market, but just six in 10 adults still could cover a surprise expense without selling something or borrowing money.
- 4.2 percent of students
Between the 2010-11 and 2017-18 school years, requests to the College Board for special accommodations for the SAT, which provide a test taker more time for the exam, increased 200 percent. And it’s especially students attending public schools in wealthier parts of the country who are getting more time: 4.2 percent of students in wealthier areas versus 1.6 percent in poorer areas received these so-called “504” designations, meant for students with difficulties such as anxiety or ADHD.
- My Rapist Apologized
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/opinion/abortion-legislation-rape.html
I still needed an abortion.
- These Rape Victims Had to Sue to Get the Police to Investigate
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/rape-victims-kits-police-departments.html
As more women come forward to report sexual assault, some say law enforcement has failed them. ‘There was no collection of evidence,’ one victim said. ‘Except off my body.’
- What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/business/economy/reparations-slavery.html
The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. Here are some formulas for achieving the aim.
- How to Bullyproof Your Child
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/well/family/how-to-bullyproof-your-child.html
Teaching children how to take the air out of the teasing.
- There’s Evidence on How to Raise Children, but Are Parents Listening?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/upshot/babies-evidence-parenting-myths.html
Day-to-day individual choices matter less than we think, but national policies seem to matter a lot.
- ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ vs. ‘Forced Pregnancy’: The Language Wars of the Abortion Debate
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/fetal-heartbeat-forced-pregnancy.html
Activists on both sides of the abortion fight have long chosen their words carefully, coining terms like “pro-life,” “pro-choice” and “partial-birth abortion.”
- Same-Sex Parents, U.S. Citizens, Are Told Their Baby Needs a Visa
- Who White Democrats Vote For In 2020 Could Be Shaped By Why They Think Clinton Lost
Every election is followed by an attempt to explain its outcome. One of the more common explanations of the 2016 presidential election was that Hillary Clinton lost because she relied on “identity politics.” So we were curious: Would white Democrats be inclined to choose a different type of 2020 candidate if they were told that Clinton’s 2016 loss was caused by identity politics?
- In Health Care, Too Much Privacy Is a Bad Thing
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/opinion/health-care-privacy-hipaa.html
It’s standing in the way of artificial-intelligence programs that could diagnose cancers and screen for genetic disorders.
- Is the Wedding Wow Factor Worth It?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/fashion/weddings/is-the-wedding-wow-factor-worth-it.html
Adding a spectacular or unexpected feature can help a wedding stand out. It doesn’t have to break the bank, but it might come close.
- Girls’ Side and Boys’ Side? Not at These Summer Camps
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/style/lgbt-summer-camps.html
Sleep-away programs for L.G.B.T.Q. youth offer all the standards — s’mores, canoeing, friendship bracelets — plus gender-inclusive cabins and courses on identity.
- In Warmer Rooms, Women Were Better Test Takers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/health/women-temperature-tests.html
A new study is the latest skirmish in the “battle of the thermostat.”
- America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/opinion/california-housing-nimby.html
The demise of a California housing measure shows how progressives abandon progressive values in their own backyards.
- Siri and Alexa Fuel Sexism, U.N. Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/world/siri-alexa-ai-gender-bias.html
Virtual helpers that come with female voices by default are perpetuating bias, a Unesco report argues.
- Washington State Becomes First to Allow Human Composting
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/human-composting-washington.html
Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains.
- End the Plague of Secret Parenting
If mothers and fathers speak openly about child-care obligations, their colleagues will adapt.
- What We Fight About When We Fight About Parking
The urban economist Donald Shoup collects reports of violence that erupts over parking spaces. To him, disputes between drivers are signs of a bigger problem.
- Five Innovative Ways Cities Are Improving Life for Seniors
https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-innovative-ways-cities-are-improving-life-for-seniors-11558450968
As the 65 and over population grows, urban planners are looking for new approaches to serve the booming demographic
