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Education and Training

Why the proficiency-versus-growth debate matters for assessing school performance

In her confirmation hearing, education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos faced questions on whether student performance is best measured by proficiency or growth.
Housing and Housing Finance

Where Republicans will focus in housing policy

Last week, thought leaders who could influence the incoming regime gathered at the Urban Institute to discuss where housing policy should go in the years to come.
Housing and Housing Finance

What is the Obama administration’s legacy on housing?

Senior Obama administration officials involved in housing policy discuss how they approached the housing crisis and lessons learned along the way.
Housing and Housing Finance

Creating a door out of poverty starts with partnerships

How can we act on the growing evidence base and increasing awareness about the central importance of housing?
Crime and Justice

Police body camera policies: What’s in and what’s out

About a year ago, we launched an interactive feature that tracks body camera legislation. Since then, legislatures in 18 states passed new body camera laws.
Education and Training

DeVos, a charter proponent, must consider how charter school openings and closings affect kids and communities

If the President-elect's nominee for education secretary seeks to expand charter schools, we must understand how these schools' growth affects students and their communities.
Housing and Housing Finance

Is Ben Carson ready to handle America’s rental housing crisis?

Over the past decade, rents have risen faster than incomes in almost every part of the country, yielding a big challenge for the incoming HUD secretary.
Job Market and Labor Force

How apprenticeships offer wins for the Trump administration, workers, companies, and taxpayers

An expanded apprenticeship system could improve the earnings and status of workers, especially those without a bachelor’s degree.
Race and Ethnicity

What community developers can learn from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests

The controversy is part of a long narrative of land policies explicitly connected to tribal identity and socioeconomic opportunity.
Education and Training

Making college earnings data work for students

Three recently developed online tools highlight the trade-offs inherent in trying to bring program-level earnings data to life for potential students.

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How Can We Reduce Poverty and Increase Opportunity?

More than 48 million Americans, including one in six children, live in poverty. How can we do better?

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From Protest to Policy

Our researchers offer evidence-based solutions to some of the problems faced by poor, mostly minority communities in Baltimore and other US cities.

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