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FutureEd Presents Report, Panel Discussion on Student Absenteeism and Federal Law
FutureEd, a nonpartisan think tank at the McCourt School of Public Policy, pored through the 51 plans submitted to the U.S. Education Department, and found that more than two…
September 30, 2017
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Meeting Students Where They Are
In their new book, Making College Work, McCourt Professor Harry Holzer and co-author Sandy Baum of the Urban Institute explore practical solutions for improving higher education…
September 30, 2017
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Active Ingredients’ of successful Pre-K Programs subject of $1 million grant
A $1 million grant from the Spencer Foundation to two Georgetown psychology professors will seek to determine the unidentified “active ingredients” of successful public pre…
September 22, 2017
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Gormley’s New Book Offers Fresh Insight on Critical Thinking in Education
McCourt Professor William Gormley is shaping the conversation surrounding education policy with his newly published book focusing on remedying the critical thinking skills…
May 22, 2017
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Getting Men Back to Work
A myriad of causes are keeping more than seven million prime-age men out of work, raising wonder among economists and policy analysts about how to get them back into the.…
April 26, 2017
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LEAD 2017 Ties Research to Policy and Practice to Improve the Lives of Youth
McCourt’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) hosted hundreds of researchers, advocates, and policy experts from across the country for the 2017 LEAD Conference focusing…
April 11, 2017
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China Makes Progress, U.S., Other Countries Fail to Discourage Fossil Fuels
The average tax on gasoline throughout the world is declining, meaning that governments are collectively failing to discourage fossil fuel consumption, according to a new study…
January 9, 2017
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Georgetown Effort Advises Next Administration on Driving Government Innovation
Nearly 300 scholars and leaders from across the public, private, nonprofit and philanthropic sectors gathered at Georgetown on to explore how the next presidential administration…
October 7, 2016
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Immigrants to America Become Less Healthy Over Time, Professor Says
The longer immigrants stay in America, the less healthy they become, according to a recently published study in Economics and Human Biology by McCourt School of Public Policy…
September 19, 2016
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Professor Adriana Kugler to Research Unemployment Insurance Effects
McCourt School professor Adriana Kugler will study the effect of unemployment insurance benefits on match quality and job mobility, thanks to a grant from the Washington Center…
August 8, 2016