3 reasons Americans need more federal aid (commentary by John Friedman)
January 22, 2021 CNN Politics
John Friedman provides commentary in this article on offering financial aid to those hit hardest by the pandemic.
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California Doctors Call for Schools Reopening in February (Emily Oster cited)
January 19, 2021 Latin Post
This article cites Emily Oster's K-12 data collection on COVID-19.
Everything We Know Now About Schools, Kids, and Covid-19 (Emily Oster cited)
January 15, 2021 WIRED
This article cites Emily Oster's national COVID-19 database.
The COVID vaccine rollout is leaving pregnant people hanging (commentary by Emily Oster)
January 14, 2021 InStyle
Emily Oster offered commentary on pregnant women and the COVID-19 vaccine.
'Red for Ed' group demands government-run schools in South Carolina go fully virtual (commentary by Emily Oster)
January 14, 2021 Fits News
This article includes commentary from Emily Oster on the COVID-19 transmission in schools.
COVID cases among teachers appear to be rising. What does that mean? (commentary by Emily Oster)
January 13, 2021 Chalkbeat
Emily Oster in Chalkbeat, "The fact that the staff rates are growing at a faster rate than the community rates is something we should be paying attention to."
Is it safe to send your kids to school? (Emily Oster cited)
January 12, 2021 Salon
This article draws on research and data by Emily Oster.
National COVID-19 School Response Dashboard (interview with Emily Oster)
January 8, 2021 WGN9
In this podcast interview, Emily Oster discusses the National COVID-19 School Response Dashboard that she helped develop.
We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting. (interview with Emily Oster)
January 7, 2021 Freakonomics
Emily Oster appeared on this radio segment of "People I (Mostly) Admire" - a podcast from the Freakonomics Radio Network.
Social Class, Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Child Well-Being
January 5, 2021
Jayanti Owens recently wrote, "Social Class, Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Child Well-Being." In it, Owens explores the positive and negative effects and implications of ADHD diagnoses in children. Her research is based on disentangling the effects of a positive diagnosis from that of children’s underlying behaviors, social contexts, and medication treatment.
Rhode Island reaction to controversial Trump phone call (commentary by Wendy Schiller)
January 5, 2021 WJAR
Wendy Schiller offered commentary on President Donald Trump's phone call to Georgia's secretary of state.
As schools reopen amid COVID surge, teacher fears increase (Emily Oster cited)
January 5, 2021 AJC
Emily Oster's national COVID-19 dashboard is cited in this article.
Schools rethink covid rules: 'We're over-quarantining kids like crazy' (commentary by Emily Oster)
January 4, 2021 Wall Street Journal
This article references the research and tracking efforts of, and includes commentary from, Emily Oster.
Debate focuses on whether students will return to public schools (Emily Oster cited)
January 4, 2021 WND
This article cites Emily Oster's national COVID-19 database to support the popular opinion that schools should remain open during the pandemic.
Are schools safe? A growing body of evidence suggests that, with the right measures, they contribute little to virus spread. (Emily Oster cited)
December 30, 2020 Washington Post
This article cites Emily Oster's national COVID-19 database which collects and analyzes school data from across the country.
Data-Free Medicine (interview with Eric Patashnik)
December 23, 2020 Spectrum
Eric Patashnik appeared on this podcast episode to discuss the new paperback edition of his coauthored book, Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine.
Souvenir Press picks up 'new framework for family life' from Oster (Emily Oster cited)
December 22, 2020 The Bookseller
This press release delves into Emily Oster's upcoming book, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years, and includes a quote from Emily Oster.
How safe are schools with COVID-19 mitigation strategies? (Emily Oster cited)
December 18, 2020 PolitiFact
This fact analysis references research and COVID-19 tracking efforts by Emily Oster.
The Education Gadfly Show: Emily Oster and Noelle Ellerson Ng answer the big question: Will schools reopen this spring? (interview with Emily Oster)
December 17, 2020 Fordham Institute
Emily Oster appeared in this podcast segment to discuss whether the vaccine will allow schools to reopen nationwide this spring.
40,000-Person Iceland Study Finds Youth Under 15 Half as Likely to Catch and Spread Coronavirus (interview with Emily Oster)
December 14, 2020 The 74 Million
Emily Oster in The 74, "The reason for [the comparable rates among teachers across grade level] is likely that infections are occurring outside school."