This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Federal funding for child care assistance is set to increase by $5.8 billion over the next two years under the terms of the bipartisan budget agreement passed earlier this month. But how will state…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Puerto Rico, still reeling from Hurricane Maria, is looking to reform its public education system with school choice options like charters and vouchers as the island’s government works to rebound…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the World Government Summit in Dubai last week, World Bank President Jim Kim renewed his call for an initiative to “help countries invest more, and more effectively, in their people” through…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rising economic inequality within countries is a defining challenge of our time. A growing body of literature highlights the negative impacts of domestic inequality on a wide number of political,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Facebook had its IPO in 2012 and raised $104 billion, Chris Hughes walked away with $500 million. As Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard roommate, and Facebook’s second ever member, he managed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. MDRC has evaluated a variety of programs across the country. These include financial aid programs like performance-based scholarships, as well as learning communities, enhanced student services like additional advising and student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As an investor in data-driven companies, I’ve been thinking a lot about my grandfather—a baker, a small business owner, and, I now realize, a pioneering data scientist. Without much more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Task Force on Agricultural and Rural Prosperity found that rural Americans working in agriculture still lack access to the electronic connectivity,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has been a little over one year since Agnes Gund sold Roy Lichtenstein’s 1962 work Masterpiece for $165m to launch the Art for Justice Fund with the aim of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Brighton-based school district is likely to become the first district in the Denver metro area to move to a four-day school week. The announcement comes after voters turned down…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the U.S., shifting tariff policy will drive changes in the sources of power generation. But for energy consumers across sub-Saharan Africa, the stakes are much higher. The debate over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In every city and state across the country we are seeing the same alarming and disturbing trend: People of color are dramatically overrepresented in the population of people experiencing homelessness.…