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Exacerbating versus alleviating our serious economic challenges. As numeric embodiments of national priorities, budget proposals strip away political rhetoric to reflect underlying policy priorities.
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The Future of School Integration looks at how socioeconomic school integration has been pursued as a strategy to reduce the proportion of high-poverty schools and therefore to improve the performance of students overall.
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A Working Paper from Fellow Suzanne Mettler.
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PolicyCast is the Podcast of the Century Foundation. Here are five individual episodes introducing new fellows to The Century Foundation.
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Jeffrey Laurenti published in the Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review.
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For Joint Select Committee, Many Good Options , a report by Andrew Fieldhouse
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Richard Kahlenberg's Powerpoint Presentation from the Council for Opportunity in Education conference.
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An excerpt from Century Foundation Press's Countdown to Reform.
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An issue brief by Maggie Mahar.
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Andrew Fieldhouse, Economic Policy Institute/The Century Foundation Federal Budget Policy Analyst, and Isaac Shapiro, EPI Director of Regulatory Policy Research, discuss the key facts that indicate why taxes should be raised on the highest-income households.
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The debt ceiling deal that President Obama signed will lead to massive job loss in the short term and threatens economic growth in the long run, a new The Century Foundation/Economic Policy Institute analysis finds.
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An issue brief on the modified version of the lump-sum tax rebates by Andrew Fieldhouse, a federal budget analyst for The Century Foundation and Economic Policy Institute.
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Richard Kahlenberg's PowerPoint presentation as keynote speaker at a University of Wisconsin conference on higher education.
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A new TCF report of the No Child Left Behind legislation by Meredith P. Richards, Kori J. Stroub and Jennifer Jellison Holme.
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Charles R. Morris published in Commonweal Magazine.
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Richard Kahlenberg's PowerPoint presentation to the Orleans Public Education Network.
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A new issue brief by Gordon MacInnes takes a close look at the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Race to the Top programs.
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This is a PDF of the presentation by Richard D. Kahlenberg
“Admissions Preferences for Children of Alumni: Who Benefits? Who Loses?” is a pdf of the Power Point by Richard D. Kahlenberg from a presentation at the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy New York University April 28, 2011
The presentation covers the following seven questions:
1: Does it Matter Who Goes to Selective Colleges and Universities?
2: How much difference do legacy preferences make?
3: What are the Historical Origins of Legacy Preferences?
4: Are legacy preferences consistent with the ideals of a Democratic Republic?
5: Do legacy preferences increase alumni giving?
6: What is the effect of legacy preference on students of color?
7: Are legacy preferences legal?
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Thanassis Cambanis published in The Atlantic.
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Michael Wahid Hanna quoted in Washington Post.
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The Platform by Peter Osnos.
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Michael Wahid Hanna quoted in World Politics Review.
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Mark Thoma in The Fiscal Times.
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Today, higher education is a major force in promoting social mobility, yet colleges and universities seem more concerned with prestige than finding ways to make higher learning more accessible. Rewarding Strivers outlines two high-profile models that colleges and universities can follow in making the American Dream a realistic one for all students.
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The Century Foundation, Demos and the Economic Policy Institute have partnered together to help strengthen social insurance programs and develop a road map for a fair and responsible federal budget.
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Heather Schwartz suggests that a promising strategy to make high-poverty schools better involves providing low-income families a chance to live in more-advantaged neighborhoods, where their children can attend low-poverty public schools.
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The Israeli public has become skeptical about the prospects for a durable peace with the Palestinians and resigned to isolation under nationalist rule rather than trust in internationally promoted accords. Is there still a constituency for peace in the Israeli public? Can it ever gain traction again?
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