CSDE Affiliate Hyungmin Cha (Sociology) recently published research on how childhood state education quality shapes the risk of cognitive impairment in mid-to-later life in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging. Cha and co-authors linked data from the 2000–2020 Health and Retirement Study to historical records on state public education systems. Greater state-level educational resources, indicative of educational quality, were associated with a decreased risk of cognitive impairment, with or without dementia, among both White and Black adults aged 55 and older. Associations did not differ by race.