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The Hamilton Project produces and commissions policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth by embracing a significant role for well-designed government policies and public investment.
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The Hamilton Project: 2025 in figures
These nine data visualizations illustrate The Hamilton Project's work in 2025 on key economic policy challenges and developments.
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Learning curves: Post-COVID learning trajectories differ by the grade a student was in when the pandemic hit
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Artificial intelligence and algorithmic exclusion
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Event recap—Addressing threats to the SNAP program
Economic Security & Inequality
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Labor force to lecture hall: Pell Grants and postsecondary policies in response to job loss
Currently, Pell Grants are designed to meet the needs of recent high school graduates. In this proposal, Turner explores the possibility of better tailoring Pe…
Lessons for broadening school accountability under the Every Student Succeeds Act
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Lauren Bauer, and Megan Mumford summarize lessons learned from the No Child Left Behind Act and how they relate to accountability …
Seven facts on noncognitive skills from education to the labor market
In the past 30 years, the U.S. labor market has shifted dramatically toward increasing demand and reward for noncognitive skills. These noncognitive skills—els…
The long-term impact of the Head Start program
In this Economic Analysis, The Hamilton Project explores the impact of Head Start on a new set of long-term outcomes, extending landmark analyses further into …
Learning what works in educational technology with a case study of EDUSTAR
Innovations in technology hold great promise for application in education, and yet new educational technologies have yet to fundamentally advance student outco…
Increasing targeting, flexibility, and transparency in Title I of the ESEA
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act distributes over $14 billion in federal funds to school districts to help disadvantaged students. Over it…
Improving academic outcomes for disadvantaged students: Scaling up individualized tutorials
Improving the educational outcomes of economically disadvantaged children is a policy priority in the United States, and yet relatively little progress has bee…
Fourteen economic facts on education and economic opportunity
There are many factors at work in determining educational outcomes; some of these are more easily addressed by policy reforms than others, and not all can be a…
