Policy Research Briefings

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2012

• "Taxing the Wealthy: What Does the Research Show?" | December 7, 2012, Washington, DC
• "Examining the Power of Place—Housing, Desegregation, and Opportunity" | April 30, 2012, Chicago, IL

2011

• "Effects of Early Environments on Behavior, Achievement, and Health" | May 23, 2011, Chicago, IL

2010

• "Improving No Child Left Behind: What the Research Says" | February 22, 2010, Washington, D.C.

2007

• "Prescription for Change? What the Presidential Candidates Are Saying—and Not Saying—About Their Healthcare Plans" | December 10, 2007, Chicago, IL
• "State Budgets or Busts? The Challenges of Funding Medicaid, Pensions, and K-12 Education" |  June 6, 2007, Chicago, IL
• "New Hope: A Policy Model for the Working Poor and Their Children" | March 16, 2007, Chicago, IL

2006

• "Children's Achievement: What Does the Evidence Say About Teachers, Pre-K Programs, and Economic Policies?" | December 5, 2006, Chicago, IL
• "Children's Achievement: What Does the Evidence Say About Teachers, Pre-K Programs, and Economic Policies?" | May 19, 2006, Washington, DC
• "Community Change in Chicago: How is the Landscape Shifting?" | March 10, 2006

2005

• "The Evolution of the Social Safety Net—Change for the Better?" | December 5, 2005
• "The Prison Effect: Consequences of Mass Incarceration for the U.S." | May 13, 2005
• "Inside the Black Box of Schools: Classrooms, Teachers, and School Leaders" | February 4, 2005

2004

• "Shaping Our Children's Destinies: How Policies in Child Welfare, Education and Health Are Affecting At-Risk Children" | November 30, 2004
• "After Prison: The Social Effects of Mass Incarceration in the U.S." | June 7, 2004

2003

• "State Fiscal Crises: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions" (pdf) | May 28, 2003