Education
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| Child Care Investments and Policies in the Upper Valley, in the Pandemic and Beyond In this brief, the authors illustrate New Hampshire and Vermont’s different responses to supporting the early childhood education and care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine the limited publicly available data on pandemic relief funds through the lens of… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire | Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Education, Family, New England, New Hampshire, Safety Net |
| Why Interstate Child Care Scholarship Policy Choices Matter in the Upper Valley In this brief, the authors explore how state-level decisions in New Hampshire and Vermont manifest in the early childhood education and care sector, through the lens of the interstate Upper Valley region.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire | Child Care, Children, Education, Family, New England, New Hampshire |
| Federal Government Spending Quiz The Carsey School of Public Policy Federal Budget Quiz #1 is a game to familiarize you with the fun facts that you can find in our FedGovSpend Explorer App.
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Economy, Education, Infrastructure, Unemployment | |
| Inequities in Job Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic This policy brief provides an update on the employment trends that took place between February 2020 and June 2021.
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COVID-19 | African Americans, COVID-19, Education, Employment, Hispanics, Inequality, Race, Unemployment |
| “BackPack” Food Programs Linked to Higher Test Scores for School Children In this brief, authors Michael Kurtz, Karen Conway, and Robert Mohr summarize their recently published article at the Economics of Education Review, which aimed to understand how BackPack Programs relate to academic success.
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Children, Education, Food Assistance, Low Income | |
| Kidogo: Addressing the Childcare Needs of Low-Income Families in East Africa To unlock the potential of this region’s millions of children, Kidogo, an innovative East African social enterprise, is harnessing the power of social sector franchising. Kidogo partners with women running informal daycares in Kenya’s urban slums to better the… |
Changemaker Collaborative | Child Care, Children, Education, Income, Low Income, Poverty, Women |
| Rising Student Debt and the 2020 Election In this perspectives brief, authors James Kvaal and Jessica Thompson explore the challenge of college affordability and summarize the campaign proposals to address it.
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Education, Politics and Elections | |
| Government Spending Across the World In this brief, authors Michael Ettlinger, Jordan Hensley, and Julia Vieira analyze how much the governments of different countries spend, and on what, to illuminate the range of fiscal policy options available and provide a basis for determining which approaches work… |
Education, Safety Net, Tax | |
| Toward a More Equal Footing Policy makers and advocates nationwide recognize that funding for early childhood education is a crucial investment in the future. Critical foundational development occurs before age 5, and research consistently shows that high-quality early education for children… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Fertility, Poverty |
| After the Bell Research on narrowing the academic achievement gap between lower- and higher-income youth tends to focus on the inputs provided by schools. Little attention, however, is paid to extracurricular activities, both structured and unstructured, even though extracurricular… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Young Adults |
