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The fall and rise of U.S. inequities in premature mortality: 1960-2002
Harvard School of Public Health, February 2008, 15 pp.
This report refutes the idea that health inequities inevitably widen or shrink as the overall health of a population improves. Instead disparities can rise or fall, dependent upon many factors. Findings from this report can be used to inform health policies and programs in America.

Project thrive: Reducing disparities beginning in early childhood
National Center for Children in Poverty, July 2007, 8 pp.
Research about disparities with origins in early childhood and the role of state early childhood comprehensive systems in reducing disparities.

Quality counts 2007: From cradle to career
Education Week, January 2007, 8 pp.
State and national education indicators. Also looks at the importance of early childhood, reducing disparities, and postsecondary success.

Populations of color in Minnesota: Health status report
Minnesota Department of Health, November 2006, 14 pp.
An annual update of the health status of populations of color in Minnesota. Data include: birth-related health indicators; death rates and cause of death; cancer incidence; and health insurance rates.

Racial and ethnic disparities in children's mental health: Trends and issues
Wilder Research, October 2006, 16 pp.
Children from minority families are one-third to one-half as likely to receive mental health care as white youth. This briefing outlines some contributing factors and steps that can be taken to help reduce disparities.

Meeting five critical challenges of high school reform
mdrc, May 2006, 89 pp.
This is the first in a series of reports summarizing and synthesizing what has been learned from rigorous and large-scale evaluations of high school reform initiatives. It discusses three initiatives — Career Academies, and Talent Development — that have grappled with the challenges of improving low-performing urban and rural schools.

The state of students of color 2006
Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, November 2005, 89 pp.
Provides data on students of color in Minnesota schools, colleges and universities. Also includes a discussion of factors and programs contributing to higher education attendance.

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