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Learning curves: Post-COVID learning trajectories differ by the grade a student was in when the pandemic hit
Lauren Bauer and Eileen Powell assess whether the effect of COVID-related disruptions differed depending on the grade a student was in during the 2019–20 school year.
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New approaches to promoting college access for more Americans
The role of education in improving social mobility is well-known, and new evidence identifies promising ways to help more low-income students improve their edu…
Is starting college and not finishing really that bad?
In recent years there has been increasing concern about students who begin two- and four-year college programs but fail to complete a degree—particularly in li…
Should the United States have 2.2 million more jobs?
Following the last five recessions in U.S. history, the economy added government jobs—an average of 1.7 million, in fact—that helped spur our economic recovery…
Using data to improve the performance of workforce training
Workforce training programs have the potential to improve the lives and incomes of millions of Americans by lifting many into the middle class and preventing o…
Building on recent advances in evidence-based policymaking
Over the past decade, and particularly over the past five years, new government strategies have begun to emerge—at the federal, state, and local levels—that of…
Rethinking the federal budget: Build your own deficit reduction plan
Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney discuss a new Hamilton Project interactive feature that allows users to see how implementing different proposals in The Proj…
An evidence-based approach to improving worker training programs
There is significant pressure facing policymakers at all levels of government to fund programs that provide the best results for the best value. Worker trainin…
Sequestration’s threat to America’s most vulnerable
In this month’s employment analysis, The Hamilton Project looks at current poverty trends in the United States, the important role of government support progra…
