State-Level Education Quality and Trajectories of Cognitive Function by Race and Educational Attainment.

ABSTRACT: Policy Points Education-cognition research overlooks the role of education quality in shaping cognitive function at midlife and older ages, even though quality may be more responsive to federal and state investment in public schooling than attainment. For older US adults who attended school during the early to mid-20th century, the quality of US education improved considerably as federal and state investment increased. Ensuring access to high-quality primary and secondary education may protect against poor cognitive function at midlife and older ages, particularly among Black Americans and persons who complete less education. It may also play an important role in reducing health inequities.

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Although educational attainment is consistently associated with better cognitive func

SUBMITTER: Walsemann KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576583 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature