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Universal pre-K: The long-term benefits that exceed short-term costs
For more than two decades, Dr. Bill Gormley and Dr. Deborah Phillips , co-directors of the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Research on Children in the United…
September 20, 2022
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Disaster recovery — who gets left behind?
Tahir Andrabi, Benjamin Daniels , a research fellow at Gui2de , and McCourt School Professor Jishnu Das surveyed households four years after the 2005 “great” earthquake in…
September 9, 2022
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Event — Early Learning, Long-Term Benefits: Lessons from 20 Years of Research on Tulsa’s Pre-K Program
On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Research on Children in the United States (CROCUS) will host a day-long hybrid conference in…
August 30, 2022
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How do policymakers decide whom to help?
McCourt School Assistant Professor Rebecca Johnson, a recipient of the 2022 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, was selected from a pool of 258…
August 29, 2022
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How can educational institutions safely expand their use of student data?
Data are generated in the education sector at rapid rates. Institutions, states and districts, and educational technology (“edtech”) firms collect data on students’…
August 1, 2022
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The hidden, inexpensive auditing scheme that could drive revenue in developing countries
In an effort to reduce tax evasion, the Government of Rwanda enacted legislation mandating that all retailers use electronic billing machines (EBMs), or cash registers connected…
July 18, 2022
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Racial identity in policing is more complicated than we think
Race has been a central discussion point in the debate around police reform in America, largely due to the historical connections with slavery and the contemporary racial…
July 5, 2022
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The cost of air pollution on your health… and the housing market
The Clean Air Act, the flagship federal legislation regulating air emissions, was first enacted in 1963. Since the 1970s, every decade has brought new regulation — from…
May 16, 2022
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The Lugar Center and McCourt School unveil Bipartisan Index rankings for the 117th Congress
The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University today jointly released their new Bipartisan Index (BPI) rankings for 2021 — the first year of…
May 3, 2022
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McCourt Professor reflects on 25 years of Hoya Kids and the importance of early childhood education
By the mid-1990s, a majority of women with children were in the workforce and companies were becoming particularly sensitive to the needs of working families. Those sensitivities…
May 2, 2022