Education
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| 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 |
| A Profile of Youth Poverty and Opportunity in Southwestern Minnesota Like many rural communities across the United States, Southwestern Minnesota (hereafter SW Minnesota; see Box 1) has an aging population, evidenced by a growing share of seniors and a declining share of children and young adults, particularly among the non-Hispanic… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Income, Poverty |
| Most U.S. School Districts Have Low Access to School Counselors In education today, diverse movements such as the “whole child” approach, “conveyor belt” services, and “Let’s Move!” share a common understanding that children bring a host of needs to school and often require more than academic support.1 Students living in poverty… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education |
| Exclusionary Discipline Highest in New Hampshire’s Urban Schools Exclusionary school discipline—that is, suspension and expulsion—disproportionately affects already disadvantaged students on both the national and state levels. In New Hampshire, students attending larger urban schools, male students, students of color, students… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, New Hampshire, Urban |
