Long Story Short: Complicated Questions, 90-Second Answers

Clear answers to tough, real-world questions—in under two minutes.

20 Jul 2017
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Long Story Short: What Role Can Providers Play in Addressing the Prescription Opioid Epidemic?

Prescription drug misuse and abuse has reached epidemic proportions, with negative consequences for families and communities across the country. Mona Kilany explains how connecting prescribers with the proper tools and knowledge can help them address this significant public health issue in their practices.
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Health, Families, Communities, and Social Systems, Substance Use Disorders
21 Jun 2017
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Long Story Short: What is the Value of Patient-Reported Outcomes?

Patient-reported outcomes measure patients’ direct experiences of their health condition and health care. San Keller explains the value of such outcomes in promoting public health and improving the quality of health care.
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Health, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement
27 Apr 2017
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Long Story Short: What Can Districts and Schools Do to Improve School Climate?

School climate reflects how members of a school community experience their environment. Greta Colombi discusses how to identify and measure the many factors that affect conditions for learning and her work to improve school climate through the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments.
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Social and Emotional Learning, Education, School Climate and Safety
22 Jul 2016
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Long Story Short: Can Early Warning Systems Prevent Students From Dropping Out of High School?

High school graduation has large financial and welfare implications for both individual students and society. In this video interview, Susan Bowles Therriault explains how early warning systems can identify students at risk of dropping out and help get them back on track to earn a high school degree.
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Education
2 Jun 2016
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Long Story Short: How Does Career and Technical Education Help Prepare Students for the Workforce?

Career and technical education provides students with the employability and technical skills they need to enter the workforce. In this video interview, Chaney Mosley talks about what elements such educational programs need to successfully prepare students and who benefits the most.
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Workforce, Higher Education and Career Readiness, Education, College and Career Readiness
2 May 2016
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Long Story Short: How Can Organizations Measure Trauma-Informed Care to Promote Healing?

Trauma disproportionately affects people involved with social service organizations like homeless shelters and mental health centers. In this video interview, Kathleen Guarino discusses how such organizations can measure their level of trauma-informed care and promote healing among trauma survivors.
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Health, Families, Communities, and Social Systems, Trauma-Informed Care
15 Apr 2016
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Long Story Short: How Can We Alleviate the Shortage of Special Education Teachers?

In this video interview, Lynn Holdheide discusses her work with the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform Center to address the shortage and support students with disabilities.
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Education, Special Education
25 Mar 2016
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Long Story Short: How Can Schools Reduce Disparities in Disciplinary Action and Promote Student Mental Health?

In this video interview, Ken Martinez discusses steps schools can take to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in school discipline and increase access to mental health services for students who struggle after being expelled or suspended.
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Social and Emotional Learning, School Climate and Safety, Health, Mental Health
29 Feb 2016
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Long Story Short: Why is Teacher Preparation Critical for the Next Decade?

In the next decade, almost half of the teaching workforce will be comprised of new teachers. In this video interview, AIR's Jenny DeMonte talks about teacher preparation and the ways we can enhance programs to improve teacher quality.
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Education, Teacher Preparation and Performance
12 Jan 2016
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Long Story Short: How Do We Prevent Gun Violence?

The U.S. has more guns and more homicide deaths per capita than any other nation in the world. In this video interview, Patricia Campie, AIR principal researcher, talks about what everyone can do to prevent gun violence.
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Families, Communities, and Social Systems, Violence Prevention