What maps reveal about Houston’s health problems
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Images help illustrate links between income, environment and disease.
What do Houston’s mayoral candidates think of our obesity epidemic?
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Upcoming debate aims to shed light on public health issues
How Diversification is Changing America’s Families
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As both Houston and the United States become more diverse, study sheds lights on what that means closer to home.
Evaluating High School Dropout Indicators and Assessing Their Strength
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This brief evaluates indicators for students at risk of dropping out of school.
How Can We Improve Rice Village? Here Are Four Options
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The Houston dining and retail destination is sorely in need of an upgrade. A few steps would go a long way.
What Americans Want to Do With Undocumented Workers
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No matter how you slice it, surveys show preference for a path to citizenship.
Research Over Coffee: What New Orleans Schools Learned After Katrina
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The dramatic overhaul of its school system provides a unique experiment on school reform.
What A Poll Of Mayors Reveals About The Uneven Economic Recovery
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Businesses are expanding and property values are rising. But demand for food, shelter, and affordable housing is increasing too. What does that disconnect mean for American cities?
Research Over Coffee: How Trump’s Racist Remarks Fit a Pattern of GOP Rhetoric on Immigrants
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The GOP front-runner’s attacks on Latinos are in line with the party’s ongoing anti-immigrant rhetoric, study finds
Houston to House New National Education Organization
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Kinder Institute program will help researchers and school districts collaborate in new ways to benefit students Kinder Institute program will help researchers and school districts collaborate in new ways to benefit students
If You Want People to Stop Smoking, Show Them Their Neighbors Think it’s a Bad Idea
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A new study suggests that where people live and who their neighbors are, could affect their likelihood to smoke while pregnant, despite health risks.
Research Over Coffee: How Foreign-Born Healthcare Workers Are Changing Houston
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Doctors and nurses from foreign countries play a key role in improving the region’s communities – and its healthcare system.
Urban Insights From Around the Web
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As part of a new weekly feature, the Urban Edge shares with readers the most interesting stories about cities from the previous week
To see the legacy of slavery, look at present-day school systems
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Slavery has long since been abolished in the U.S. but the affect of its legacy may still linger in our education system.
With $2.2 million in grants, a new type of education research thrives
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A new model supports cutting-edge education research that has real-world applications
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