PubHub - Issue Briefs

Transforming America's Primary Education System for the 21st Century

2012-05-30

Publisher: Foundation for Child Development
Published: March 2012
Highlights, in slides, the need to transform early childhood education; evidence of the effectiveness of a pre-K-to-third-grade program with aligned standards, curricula, instruction, and assessment; and its implementation to date.
Funder(s): Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Children and Youth, Early Childhood; Elementary and Secondary Education

Economic Mobility of the States: Executive Summary

2012-05-28

Publisher: Pew Center on the States
Published: May 2012
Summarizes key findings about workers' average earnings growth and changes in ranking relative to their peers in each state, based on a comparison of earnings at ages 35-39 and those ten years later. Includes link to interactive map with data table.
Funder(s): Pew Charitable Trusts
Related Organization(s): Economic Mobility Project
Subject(s): Social Science; Social Science, Workforce/Labor Issues; Community Improvement/Development, Business/Economic Development

Ohio Photo Voter ID: A Picture Worth $7 Million a Year?

2012-05-22

Publisher: Policy Matters Ohio
Author(s): Haider, Sana; Amy Hanauer
Published: April 2012
Outlines state legislation to require photo identification to vote, estimated annual costs, state services that could be funded for comparable costs, and the requirement's disproportionate impact on elderly, young adult, minority, and low-income voters.
Funder(s): Demos, Open Society Foundations
Subject(s): Public Affairs; Public Affairs, Electoral Reform

Taxing Fracking: Proposals for Ohio's Severance Tax

2012-05-21

Publisher: Policy Matters Ohio
Author(s): Patton, Wendy
Published: May 2012
Outlines the proposal to raise the state's severance tax on oil and gas extracted by fracking and return most of the revenues in income tax cuts, concerns with the proposal, and recommendations for using the severance tax to restore jobs and services.
Funder(s): Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, George Gund Foundation
Subject(s): Environment; Environment, Energy/Energy Use; Public Affairs

Critical Housing Finance Challenges for Policy Makers

2012-05-21

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Herbert, Christopher E.; William C. Apgar; Eric S. Belsky
Published: May 2012
Examines barriers for mortgage lending to underserved groups and in distressed neighborhoods, such as risk assessment; financing for multifamily rental markets, such as affordability; and financing for sustainable housing, such as transactional costs.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Public Affairs

Housing as a Platform for Formerly Incarcerated Persons

2012-05-20

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Fontaine, Jocelyn; Jennifer Biess
Published: May 2012
Outlines the options for and barriers to securing housing for former prisoners; the need for stable, affordable housing in order to maintain employment and avoid substance abuse and recidivism; and models for housing as a platform for positive outcomes.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Aging

Housing as a Platform for Improving Outcomes for Older Renters

2012-05-18

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Spillman, Brenda C.; Jennifer Biess; Graham MacDonald
Published: May 2012
Explores how housing can help support the independence and well-being of low-income renters age 50 or older, barriers to aging in place, housing service options and challenges, and conditions for positive outcomes, such as affordability and accessibility.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Aging

A New Measure of Educational Success in Texas

2012-05-16

Publisher: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
Published: February 2012
Analyzes the percentage of Texas public school students starting eighth grade in 1996-98 who enrolled in higher education after high school graduation and who attained a postsecondary certificate or degree within six years by race/ethnicity and gender.
Funder(s): Houston Endowment, Inc.
Related Organization(s): Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Subject(s): Higher Education; Elementary and Secondary Education; Minorities

Field-Building Research Agendas: Critical Issues in Housing and Urban Policy, Executive Summary

2012-05-16

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Published: May 2012
Provides an overview of research papers on the cross-cutting challenges of housing as a platform for overcoming social and economic distress, housing markets, housing finance, successful neighborhoods, and the intersection of place and the economy.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Public Affairs

Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, Prices, and Quality

2012-05-15

Publisher: Commonwealth Fund
Author(s): Squires, David A.
Published: May 2012
Compares healthcare spending, supply, utilization, prices, and quality in thirteen industrialized nations and examines the factors behind high U.S. spending, including higher prices and obesity rates, and low spending in Japan, including price regulation.
Funder(s): Commonwealth Fund
Subject(s): Health; Health, Healthcare Access/Reform