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The Demographics of Mortality in California

Public Policy Institute of California

by Hans P. Johnson and Joseph M. Hayes

July 16, 2011

Examines differences in mortality rates and life expectancies across 19 racial/ethnic groups in California. Finds large differences in life expectancies by gender, nativity (U.S.-born versus foreign-born), and racial/ethnic group.

PPIC Statewide Survey: August 2003

Public Policy Institute of California

by Mark Baldassare

July 16, 2011

Full text of report available in PDF

This is the 38th PPIC Statewide Survey and the 14th in a series of large-scale public opinion polls that PPIC is conducting on a periodic basis throughout California's election cycles. The purpose of this series is to develop an objective, in-depth profile of the social, economic, and political forces affecting public policy preferences and ballot choices in California.

PPIC Statewide Survey: Special Survey on the California State Budget, June 2003

Public Policy Institute of California

by Mark Baldassare

July 16, 2011

Full text of report available in PDF

This survey - the first in a series of special surveys on the California state budget, conducted in collaboration with The James Irvine Foundation - is a special edition of the PPIC Statewide Survey. The intent of this series is to raise public awareness, inform decisionmakers, and stimulate public discussion about the current state budget and the underlying state and local finance system.

California's Children

Public Policy Institute of California

by PDF document

September 4, 2003

Just the Facts

This report contains information on California children, such as, ethnicity, poverty levels, etc...

Determinants of Student Achievement: New Evidence from San Diego

Public Policy Institute of California

by Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, and Lorien A. Rice

August 1, 2003

Full text of report available in PDF

This report presents the results of a unique study conducted by the authors in collaboration with the San Diego Unified School District (the second-largest district in California). <br><br>For this study, the authors compiled a highly detailed, student-level database that enabled them to link factors influencing student achievement in ways that have not been possible with the state-level data generally used in such studies. In this report, they examine resource inequalities across schools, explore trends in achievement, and, most important, provide detailed statistical estimates of the school and classroom factors that most influence student achievement.

Stanford researchers show we're sending many children to school way too early

qz.com

by Jenny Anderson

November 12, 2015

A new study from Stanford University shows that Danish kids who postponed kindergarten for up to one year showed dramatically higher levels of self-control.

"We found that delaying kindergarten for one year reduced inattention and hyperactivity by 73% for an average child at age 11," Thomas Dee, one of the co-authors and a Stanford Graduate School of Education professor, said in a release.

The Costs and Benefits of Universal Preschool in California

Rand Corporation

March 31, 2005

Research has shown that well-designed preschool education programs serving disadvantaged children can generate benefits to government and the rest of society that outweigh program costs.

As a result of such evidence, there has been a growing conviction among U.S. business leaders, policymakers, and the public that children benefit from structured programs preparing them for school entry. That conviction has been accompanied by increasing enthusiasm for public-sector investment in preschool.

Scientists discover virus that kills all types of breast cancer 'within seven days'

rawstory.com

by Stephen C. Webster

September 23, 2011

The virus, known as adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2), is naturally occurring and carried by up to 80 percent of humans, but it does not cause any disease.

Researchers learned of its cancer-killing properties in 2005, after Penn State scientists observed it killing cervical cancer cells. They also found that women who carried the AAV2 virus and human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, had a lower propensity to develop cervical cancer. When combined in a lab recently, AAV2 eradicated all the breast cancer cells "within seven days," according to researchers. Better still, it proved capable of wiping out cancer cells at multiple stages, negating the need for differing treatments used today.

Making the Case for Universal Preschool

Ready Set Grow ... CT Kids

by Carol Brydolf

December 1, 2004

When Sacramento Bee editorial writer Susanna Cooper took a year off to study early childhood education as a journalism fellow with the Public Policy Institute in San Francisco, she didn’t know the experience would profoundly change her professional life

Earlier preschool movements, like the push to establish the Head Start program during Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, focused on the country’s poorest children and families. But the most recent preschool-for-all effort points to a growing body of evidence that shows that middle- and working-class students are also falling behind the state's most affluent youngsters. They say all children deserve extra help getting ready for kindergarten, especially in a pressurized environment that requires 5-year-olds to master skills that used to be taught in first grade.

New Study: Alzheimer's and Aluminum Link Can No Longer Be Ignored

realfarmacy.com

by Dr. Mercola

March 7, 2016

Aluminum has been long known to be neurotoxic, with mounting evidence that chronic exposure is a factor in many neurological diseases, including dementia, autism, and Parkinson's disease.

Inhaling aluminum dust or vapors sends aluminum particles directly into your lungs in a highly absorbable form, where they pass into your bloodstream and are distributed throughout your body, including your bones and brain. Aluminum powder has been known to cause pulmonary fibrosis, and aluminum factory workers are prone to asthma. Studies of the health effects of aluminum vapors have been grim, pointing to high levels of neurotoxicity.

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