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How magnet schools are closing the racial gap in school discipline

There has been a sharp focus on the Achievement Gap for almost 20 years. Thanks in part to the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a vast amount of data has been…

September 22, 2021

Discovery & Impact
Research

The Fair Elections program is reshaping the campaign finance system in DC, increasing candidate and new donor participation

Established by the passage of the Fair Elections Act in 2018, the Fair Elections program aims to transform the way political campaigns are financed in Washington, DC, by…

September 19, 2021

Discovery & Impact
Research

New research shows compelling disparity in critical care resources in the year preceding the COVID-19 pandemic

Post-acute care, or the ongoing health care one receives after leaving a hospital, is largely unknown to many patients and their families. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

September 10, 2021

Research
University News

The results are in: How DC’s innovative flexible rent subsidy program is decreasing the need for homelessness support programs

In 2017, the Washington DC City Council used local funds to establish a pilot program, the DC Flexible Rent Subsidy Program (DC Flex), a new and innovative housing subsidy which…

September 9, 2021

Discovery & Impact
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Policy Perspectives

Finding out what works

A team of McCourt researchers — led by Associate Professor Sebastian Jilke — are partnering with the Office of Evaluation Sciences at the General Services Administration, the…

July 21, 2021

University News

Leading Social Policy Researcher to Join McCourt

Gordon Berlin, the former President of MDRC, and a leading innovator in the field of public problem solving, will join the McCourt School on January 1, 2020, as a research…

December 3, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Bridging Harlem’s Digital Divide

LabGov Georgetown researches innovative ways to help people who live in cities enjoy and utilize shared living spaces and resources. Learn how the Harlem E-Project is working…

December 2, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Helping Doctors Care for DC’s Most Vulnerable

For more than 15 years, the McCourt School’s National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health has been helping Washington, DC’s pediatric medical providers better…

November 24, 2019

University News

FutureEd, Georgetown PPI Host Event on D.C. School Choice

FutureEd, an education think tank at the McCourt School, and the Georgetown University D.C. Public Policy Initiative hosted a policy forum Nov. 18 about the common lottery system…

November 22, 2019

Discovery & Impact

Serving Youth Caught Between the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems

With its Crossover Youth Practice Model, the McCourt School's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform is working to improve outcomes for young people who find themselves moving back…

November 18, 2019