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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
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East Africa Road Safety Project Gets $3 Million Grant
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Georgetown researchers a $3 million grant to expand a road safety intervention project in East Africa,…
July 12, 2016
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Report Shows Huge D.C. Health Disparities, Makes Recommendations
A new Georgetown report that will be submitted to the District of Columbia Commission on African American Affairs reveals sobering statistics about health disparities in the.…
June 28, 2016
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Georgetown Researchers to Evaluate, Transform Education in Tanzania
Georgetown's McCourt School is the lead institution on a study to evaluate an ambitious reform in education in Tanzania, where basic reading and math skills have plummeted in…
June 23, 2016