Direct certification simplifies the process of certifying certain children for free school meals by eliminating the need for households to apply. The 2004 Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act required all local educations agencies (LEAs) to establish a system of direct certification by...

This report contains the findings of a committee charged with reviewing the HIPAA privacy rule and its impact on health research. The committee found that the rule does not adequately protect the privacy of people’s personal health information and hinders important health research. It...

The American educational system is in a continuous state of reform, yet outcomes are less than satisfactory. This chapter reports on a small reform initiative in Ohio showing that, while small schools have benefits, overall, the structure needs to be rethought to maximize resources, meet all...

Antidepressant drugs are widely prescribed in the United States; however, little is known about their use among major ethnic minority groups. Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES) data were analyzed to calculate nationally representative estimates of Latino and non-Latino white...

This paper uses individual student-level data from Ohio–which permits a wide range of organizations to authorize charter schools—to examine the relationship between type of authorizer and charter-school effectiveness, as measured by students’ achievement trajectories.