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Where the Mobile Workforce is Living

Using American Community Survey data, we look at trends around those whose primary jobs have the work-from-home flexibility that many more Americans say they want.

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Disconnects in the Treatment of Opioid-Use Disorder

Treatment disconnect is driven by misconceptions amongst patients, physicians, and providers and high costs for opioid medications.

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Teacher Looping Improves Student Outcomes

Research on students from Tennessee shows repeat teachers improve student behavior and academic performance in math and reading in grades three through 11. This type of classroom structure, known as teacher looping, is touted as a low-cost way to improve student achievement.

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What We Learned When We Implemented Dyslexia Screening in Missouri: Takeaways for New York

Amanda McCaleb, the Literacy Intervention Specialist for the largest school district in Missouri, details key lessons to be learned from that state's rollout of universal dyslexia screening.

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U.S. Electricity Net Generation and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 1990-2018

Explore electricity net generation by source, share of renewable electricity, and carbon dioxide emissions per capita for every state in the United States over a 29-year period from 1990 to 2018.

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Deconstructing Mass Shootings: Exploring Opportunities for Intervention

Research on mass public shootings has focused almost exclusively on either the characteristics of offenders or the causes leading to these massacres. In this policy report, we argue that prevention requires us to refocus our attention from why to how mass public shootings happen.

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Déjà Vu AI: What Can We Learn from the Digital Revolution?

At the dawn of the digital revolution, economists questioned whether or not we were entering the next industrial revolution. They forecasted dramatic leaps in our personal productivity, automation of mundane tasks, changes in the workforce, globalization, and self-employment. These are many of the same predictions being made today as artificial intelligence lays on the horizon.

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Stories from Sullivan

Our long-term, in-depth examination of the opioid epidemic in rural New York, and how communities are responding.

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Achieving a Complete 2020 Census Count in New York

We detail the challenges New York State is likely to face in the 2020 census, providing a guide for stakeholders to target resources and outreach efforts to ensure that every resident is counted.

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Disconnects in the Treatment of Opioid-Use Disorder

December 6, 2019

Treatment disconnect is driven by misconceptions amongst patients, physicians, and providers and high costs for opioid medications.

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Teacher Looping Improves Student Outcomes

November 21, 2019

Research on students from Tennessee shows repeat teachers improve student behavior and academic performance in math and reading in grades three through 11. This type of classroom structure, known as teacher looping, is touted as a low-cost way to improve student achievement.

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Listen to our podcast on teacher looping. rockinst.org/outsider/ Or check out our other recent Policy Outsider episodes anchor.fm/policy-outsider We talk about policies surrounding marijuana, the opioid crisis, dyslexia, and gun violence, among others.

Listen to our podcast on teacher looping. https://t.co/3O1QfbuVe5 Or check out our other recent Policy Outsider episodes https://t.co/KmfKWN8oax We talk about policies surrounding marijuana, the opioid crisis, dyslexia, and gun violence, among others.

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Our #StoriesfromSullivan series examines this issue. We combine data analysis with on-the-ground research to provide insight into what kinds of policies have the best chances of making a difference in the opioid crisis — rockinst.org/stories-from-s… twitter.com/DelgadoforNY19…

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In our latest, @LizFarmerTweets explores what policymakers are doing to attract the 8.2m Americans that make up the mobile workforce. bit.ly/2trQG0G 5.3% of Americans now work from home. A growth of 47% since 2005.

In our latest, @LizFarmerTweets explores what policymakers are doing to attract the 8.2m Americans that make up the mobile workforce. https://t.co/hFN9lOQThv 5.3% of Americans now work from home. A growth of 47% since 2005.

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Dr. Rhianna Rogers will be taking the lead on our Center for Law and Policy Solutions internship program for the Spring 2020 semester! Check out the CLPS internship page and see some of our past research: bit.ly/2szwTff twitter.com/nm_buffalo/sta…

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US regions that appear to be capitalizing on the alternative workforce are doing so through coordinated state and local government efforts with strong support from the business community. @LizFarmerTweets Read our latest: bit.ly/2R0Knu8

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Where the Mobile Workforce is Living

Using American Community Survey data, we look at trends around those whose primary jobs have the work-from-home flexibility that many more Americans say they want.

Disconnects in the Treatment of Opioid-Use Disorder

Treatment disconnect is driven by misconceptions amongst patients, physicians, and providers and high costs for opioid medications.

Teacher Looping Improves Student Outcomes

Research on students from Tennessee shows repeat teachers improve student behavior and academic performance in math and reading in grades three through 11. This type of classroom structure, known as teacher looping, is touted as a low-cost way to improve student achievement.

What We Learned When We Implemented Dyslexia Screening in Missouri: Takeaways for New York

Amanda McCaleb, the Literacy Intervention Specialist for the largest school district in Missouri, details key lessons to be learned from that state's rollout of universal dyslexia screening.

U.S. Electricity Net Generation and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 1990-2018

Explore electricity net generation by source, share of renewable electricity, and carbon dioxide emissions per capita for every state in the United States over a 29-year period from 1990 to 2018.

Deconstructing Mass Shootings: Exploring Opportunities for Intervention

Research on mass public shootings has focused almost exclusively on either the characteristics of offenders or the causes leading to these massacres. In this policy report, we argue that prevention requires us to refocus our attention from why to how mass public shootings happen.

Déjà Vu AI: What Can We Learn from the Digital Revolution?

Stories from Sullivan

Our long-term, in-depth examination of the opioid epidemic in rural New York, and how communities are responding.

Achieving a Complete 2020 Census Count in New York

We detail the challenges New York State is likely to face in the 2020 census, providing a guide for stakeholders to target resources and outreach efforts to ensure that every resident is counted.

Rigorous Research and Analysis. Now in a Podcast.

Listen and subscribe to "Policy Outsider" from the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

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Disconnects in the Treatment of Opioid-Use Disorder

Teacher Looping Improves Student Outcomes

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