Adrianna Pita

little girls in science class

How should schools measure student success?

Lauren Bauer, Anne Wicks, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

White House National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) departs with U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence after Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement during a statement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC14BD742E20

What the US withdrawal means for the future of the Iran nuclear deal

Robert Einhorn, Suzanne Maloney, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Lindzy Earp (2nd R), 10, plays in the playground at Hope Gardens Family Center, a shelter for homeless women and children, run by Union Rescue Mission on 77 acres (0.31 square km) of countryside away from Skid Row, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, California January 25, 2012. One in 45 children, totalling 1.6 million, is homeless, the highest number in United States' history, according to a 2011 study by the National Center on Family Homelessness. California is ranked the fifth highest state in the nation for its percentage of homeless children. Picture taken January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E81Q1ADI01

Transforming public spaces with learning landscapes

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Jennifer S. Vey, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

African leaders pose for a group photograph as they meet to sign a free trade deal that would create a liberalized market for goods and services across the continent, in Kigali, Rwanda March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. - RC1CA93F2E10

China, the US, and Africa’s transforming trade environment

Witney Schneidman, Yun Sun, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

The China-funded "Colombo Port City" project, whose development is suspended, is seen in Colombo October 19, 2015. Sri Lanka would consider allowing Chinese naval ships to visit again but no request has been forthcoming yet, the country's defence secretary said on Sunday. Sri Lanka's previous government had caused concern in India with its close ties to Beijing, including allowing Chinese submarines to dock. New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has unnerved China though with his re-examination of relations, including a $1.5-billion Chinese-invested "port city" project in the capital Colombo. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte - GF10000251065

The U.S., China, and India balancing act in the Indo-Pacific

Tanvi Madan, Shivshankar Menon, Joshua T. White, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Demonstrators in the "Fight for $15" wage protest are joined by social justice activists at a rally in downtown San Diego, California

Raising wages and strengthening economic progress for American workers

Jared Bernstein, Jay Shambaugh, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Girls walk to school at the outskirts of Yangon November 4, 2015. Myanmar on November 8 is holding its first free and fair election in 25 years in which democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is pitted against the ruling party comprised of former members of a military junta. REUTERS/Jorge Silva - GF20000044866

The women working to improve girls’ education

Dasmine Kennedy, Christina Kwauk, Armene Modi, María Cristina Osorio Vázquez, Damaris Seleina Parsitau, and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 8, 2018

A shadowed family walks through a town.

The changing identity of America’s middle class

Camille Busette, Richard V. Reeves, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Bryan Molina a 8th grader works on his robot in the bilingual, project lead the way class at Escuela Vieau Middle School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 26, 2012 . With manufacturing companies complaining about a skills gap with today's students some schools are offering classes that prepare students for real world trade skills. After years of cutting workforces, manufacturing executives complain they cannot find enough people with skills needed to thrive in modern factories. Some 600,000 skilled manufacturing positions are currently unfilled in the United States, according to a survey by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute. PICTURE TAKEN ON JANUARY 26. REUTERS/Darren Hauck (UNITED STATES) - TM3E8280V7601

America’s “lost Einsteins”: The importance of exposing children to innovation

Raj Chetty, Richard V. Reeves, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed close to Japan, in Seoul, South Korea, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RC1AB2C23E60

Avoiding nuclear conflict on the Korean peninsula

Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Jung H. Pak, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 17, 2018