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Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013
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Exposure and risk factors for COVID-19 and the impact of staying home on Michigan residents
Kuan-Han H. Wu,Whitney E. Hornsby,Bethany Klunder,Amelia Krause,Anisa Driscoll,John Kulka,Ryan Bickett-Hickok,Austin Fellows,Sarah E. Graham,Erin O. Kaleba,Salim S. Hayek,Xu Shi,Nadia R. Sutton,Nicholas J. Douville,Bhramar Mukherjee,Kenneth Jamerson,Chad M. Brummett,Cristen J. Willer +17 more
TL;DR: The higher risk of contracting COVID-19 observed among African Americans may be due to the increased rates of working as essential employees, lower socioeconomic status, and exposure to known positive cases.
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Behavior Concerns Among Low-Income, Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Children in Child Care: Importance for School Readiness and Kindergarten Achievement
TL;DR: This article examined the importance of behavior skills at age 4 for school readiness and academic achievement in kindergarten among an ethnically diverse sample of 1,618 low-income children in an urban setting.
Gifted Culturally Linguistically Diverse Learners: A School-Based Exploration
Abstract: The purpose of this case study was to explore educators’ perceptions of characteristics, needs, and practices relating to gifted culturally linguistically diverse learners. The research questions guiding the study included the following: What are educators’ perceptions of the characteristics, needs, and practices related to gifted culturally linguistically diverse learners? How do educators describe gifted culturally linguistically diverse learners? How do educators describe their understanding of culturally responsive teaching as it relates to diverse gifted learners? What are schoolbased practices for gifted culturally linguistically diverse learners that support or hinder learning? This study focused on an elementary school within Colorado. Seventeen educators (administrators and teachers) voluntarily participated in the study. One 30 minute semi-structured interview as well as one 60 minute classroom observation was conducted at the research site. The classroom observation tool was developed using culturally responsive pedagogical tenets (Gay, 2014) as well as gifted multicultural competencies (Ford and Trotman, 2001). Artifacts were also collected. Using the frameworks of Critical Race Theory and Constructivism as a guide, data was analyzed and coded to determine emerging themes. Results showed educators had positive perceptions of gifted culturally linguistically diverse learners; however, the practices related to gifted culturally iii linguistically diverse learners were inconsistent and showed differences between espoused theory and actual practice (Fullan, 2006; Argyris, 2000). The author proposes a new theoretical framework, GiftedCritTM to examine gifted education. Lastly, a conceptual model is proposed highlighting the intersection of culturally responsive pedagogy and multicultural gifted competencies through which to view gifted
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Looking through a different lens: Examining the inequality-mortality association in U.S. counties using spatial panel models.
TL;DR: The findings extend support to the argument that income inequality does not affect mortality and suggest that the cross-sectional findings may be a consequence of ignoring the temporal trends.
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Associations of Acculturation with English- and Spanish-Language Health Literacy Among Bilingual Latino Adults.
Ashley J. Housten,Diana S. Hoover,Virmarie Correa-Fernández,Larkin L. Strong,Whitney L. Heppner,Christine Vinci,David W. Wetter,Claire Adams Spears,Yessenia Castro +8 more
TL;DR: Results revealed a significant association between acculturation and English- and Spanish-language HL among bilingual Latino adults with adequate HL, suggesting that health literacy should be assessed in the language in which individuals are most proficient.
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Unstable inferences? An examination of complex survey sample design adjustments using the Current Population Survey for health services research.
TL;DR: Findings show that the standard error estimates derived from the public use CPS data perform poorly compared with the survey design-based estimatesderived from restricted internal data, and that the generalized variance parameters currently used by the U.S. Census Bureau in its ASEC reports and funding formula inputs perform erratically.