Happy New Year! Here at Environmentalists for Effective Education, we want to know what topics and research you care most about. One of the things we love about our work is having great conversations with you.

Below we are sharing the Top 5 Blogs of 2019. These are the discussions that had the most views and created the most conversation. Make sure you didn’t miss anything from this past year:

#1 - The Healthy Neighborhood Series:

This 4-part series looks at the research explaining how neighborhoods are social determinants of “healthy people.” In particular, it focuses on health factors in communities - adolescent reproductive health, crime, safety, and mental health - and how school districts play a role.

#2 - Millennials Love the City

The Wall Street Journal described large cities losing tens of thousands of millennials and young Gen X residents last year, a trend that is now a streak of young adult populations shrinking in cities for the 4th year in a row. But why?

#3 - Not Selling Out, Buying In

In a recent Atlantic article, a public school teacher describes why he’s a private school parent. His tagline is, “I’m not selling out; I’m buying in.” It is fascinating.

#4 - Who is Stealing from Teachers

Stories like this one often reveal that teachers are under significant pressures that are not just financial. Taxpayers trust teachers, but they don’t trust the system.

#5 - Get Moving - A Gentrification Series (Part 1 & Part 2)

In a recent article, CityLab’s reporter, Kriston Capps pondered, “What if the conventional wisdom about gentrification is kind of wrong?” She was responding to a recent study that has challenged much of what many considered facts about neighborhood change and gentrification. People often worry that too much school choice in cities might result in the gentrification of poor neighborhoods. So, we went on a gentrification deep dive.

Thanks for reading with us this year, and we look forward to 2020. What do you want to read about this year? Leave us your thoughts in the comments!