Health, Education & Social Policy
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Juvenile Incarceration: Are We Locking Away Our Nation’s Future?
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Incarcerated juveniles experience significant academic and social consequences compared to juveniles charged with similar crimes but not incarcerated.
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Food Stamps: More than a Safety Net?
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Researchers find positive effects on health and economic self-sufficiency decades after initial exposure to the largest US hunger safety net program.
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The GED Is Changing: Evidence Suggests GED Prep Courses Should Change Too
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Improved GED prep programs could significantly increase passage rates and college enrollment, suggests a timely and encouraging study from MDRC.
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Can Gifting Computers to Students Narrow the Achievement Gap?
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Researchers find that providing free computers to students lacking home computing access has no effect on educational outcomes.
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Targeting Remittances to Boost Students’ Education Spending
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How can money sent by immigrants to their home countries best be an instrument of development?
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Poverty, Depression, and Motherhood: An Unhealthy Combination
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Recent analysis of national survey data highlights important statistics concerning prevalence of and treatment for major depression among low-income mothers with young children.
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Early Childhood Education: A Governor’s Perspective
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Former North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue shares her thoughts on early childhood education and the policy challenges that lie ahead.
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Learning “What Works” in Early Childhood Classrooms
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Important evaluations like MDRC’s Foundations of Learning demonstration shed light on “what works” in improving early childhood programs and evaluate the benefits and costs of such initiatives.
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Ignoring Successful Practices: A Case Study of Michelle Rhee and William Bratton
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Under what conditions are dramatic policy reforms successful and sustainable?
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School Nurses: Luxury or Necessity?
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Do school-based health centers improve sexual health outcomes for teenagers?
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Over-Parenting: Under the Lens
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A study finds that professionals agree on a range of actions that are indicative of over-parenting.