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Fear Shouldn’t Drive Policy: CHOP Expert Offers Vaccine Commentary
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Cornerstone
Jun 16, 2015
PolicyLab's Dr. Kristen Feemster discusses her recent editorial in JAMA Pediatrics, which reviews vaccines’ successes while also pointing out that exemption laws and increasing vaccine hesitancy means their success…
Study: Pa. Foster Children Given Psychotropic, Antipsychotic Drugs at High Rate
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The Morning Call
Jun 16, 2015
PolicyLab's Kathleen Noonan is quoted in this article about the research findings of a new PolicyLab report - Psychotropic Medication Use by Pennsylvania Children in Foster Care and Enrolled in Medicaid.
Educators Can Help Potential Dropouts by Learning the Language of Data
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The Notebook
Jun 04, 2015
This article discusses PolicyLab's new report - A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia - and asks the question, "If you knew you could identify a 12-year-old child in danger of dropping out…
Graduation Rate Hits New High, But Some Groups Still Lag Behind
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The Notebook
May 29, 2015
This article examines findings from PolicyLab's new report, A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia. The article discusses which segments of the student population still trail their peers…
Filling Prescriptions After Asthma Hospitalization Reduces Readmissions
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Cornerstone
May 29, 2015
This blog examines PolicyLab researcher Dr. Chén Kenyon's recent studies on hospital readmission rates for patients with asthma and strategies to improve care for children from the hospital to the home.
School District Dropout Rate Falls, Graduations Rise
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The Philadelphia Tribune
May 26, 2015
PolicyLab's Dr. David Rubin is quoted in this article about a new report - A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia - that analyzes the School District's dropout and graduation rates. …
Steps Toward Better Graduation Rate in Philly
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philly.com
May 22, 2015
This op-ed from the President and CEO of the Ed Fund discusses the research findings of a new PolicyLab report - A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia - and the work that remains. …
Report: Philly Public School Graduation Rates Rising
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Philadelphia Magazine
May 21, 2015
This article shares recent research findings about Philadelphia's high school graduation and dropout rates from a new PolicyLab report - A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia.
Graduation Rate Improving in Philadelphia
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Newsworks/WHYY
May 20, 2015
This article highlights research findings about Philadelphia's high school graduation and dropout rates from a new PolicyLab report - A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia.
What’s Working? What’s Not?
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The Notebook
May 20, 2015
This article discusses research findings from a new PolicyLab report - A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia - and delves into understanding the City's academic improvements. …
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