"Examining the Power of Place—Housing, Desegregation, and Opportunity" April 30, 2012, Chicago, IL

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

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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"State Fiscal Crises: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions," May 28, 2003