Center on Children and Families

Teacher Jenna Rosenberg speaks to her first grade class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2013. According to officials in U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, possible consequences of impending across-the-board U.S. government budget cuts, Illinois will lose approximately $33.4 million in education, putting around 460 teacher and aide jobs at risk that would receive funding. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E9320AA101

Accountability for early education–a different approach and some positive signs

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Employees sort packages at the Amazon distribution center warehouse in Saran, near Orleans, France, November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - RC184ABAB660

A little respect: Can we restore relational equality?

Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Malana Long fills out a job application during a job fair for the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, California, in this file photo taken June 4, 2015. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to a tightening labor market. REUTERS/David McNew/Files - TM3EB6I0O4101

Trump’s work requirements have been tested before. They succeeded.

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Trainee math teacher Mia Shaw from the Teach for America program teaches a class at George Washington Carver Middle School in Los Angeles, California July 18, 2012. This fall Teach for America will send a record 10,000 teachers into classrooms from New York to California. The nonprofit boasts $300 million in assets and collects tens of millions a year in public funds, even at a time of steep cuts to education budgets. But critics, including a handful of disillusioned alumni, contend that policies promoted by TFA-trained reformers threaten to damage the very schools they once set out to save. They argue, too, that TFA's relentless push to expand has betrayed its founding ideals. Picture taken July 18, 2012. To match Feature USA-EDUCATION/TEACHFORAMERICA REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION SOCIETY POVERTY WEALTH) - RTR36W0M

School policies and the success of advantaged and disadvantaged students

David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Iana Williams, 8, reads a book

Can schools commit malpractice? It depends.

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Peer 1 client Robert A. plays hopscotch with his 5-year-old daughter Isabella during Kid's Day at Peer 1 in Denver November 7, 2015. Peer 1 is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation programme for men, many having spent years in and out of prison, in Denver, Colorado. The men have often tried and failed over and over to turn their life around. With histories of abuse as children and living on the streets, they come to Peer 1 hoping to turn away from addiction and crime, to rebuild their lives and learn how to integrate into society. Treatment includes family group therapy, meditation and trust-building exercises. REUTERS/Rick WilkingPICTURE 25 OF 26 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "PEER 1: PRISON, DEATH OR RECOVERY". SEARCH "PEER WILKING" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF20000082782

Declining absolute mobility rates for the middle class since 1950

Richard V. Reeves and Katherine Guyot

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

A student take a test in the hallway outside the classroom

Evidence on New York City and Boston exam schools

Susan M. Dynarski

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Paola Garcia reads a book with her three-year-old daughter Emily at Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) Head Start program in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts March 5, 2013. Garcia attends classes to learn English as a second language while her daughter attends Head Start, which provides early learning for children. According to ABCD, 95 percent of the money for the Head Start program comes from the federal government, funding that faces cuts under sequestration. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E9360GQG01

Does state pre-K improve children’s achievement?

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, July 12, 2018

A student exits a bus as he arrives at Venice High School in Los Angeles, California December 16, 2015. Classes resume today in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the United States, after they were closed on Tuesday after officials reported receiving an unspecified threat to the district and ordered a search of all schools in the city. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn - GF10000267926

Do school secessions worsen racial segregation? It’s complicated

Richard V. Reeves and Nathan Joo

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

A woman wears a sticker in multiple languages after voting in the primary election at a polling station in Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1BF5D43BD0

How do we get more young people to vote as adults? Cash transfers to their parents could help

Thursday, July 5, 2018