Education has long been viewed as the “great equalizer,” yet educational opportunity in the United States varies dramatically depending a family’s income. Equitable Growth’s work on K-12 education includes work on the role of school finance in equalizing opportunity and outcomes, as well as the potential synergies between investments in early childhood and later investments in K-12 education.
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Addressing the need for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education for all in the United States
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
School segregation undermines U.S. economic mobility and dynamism
October 15, 2019
October 15, 2019
Investments in early childhood education improve outcomes for program participants—and perhaps other children too
December 4, 2018
December 4, 2018
Inequality of educational opportunity? Schools as mediators of the intergenerational transmission of income
April 23, 2018
April 23, 2018
Closing the homework gap: Why accessibility to high-quality broadband matters to U.S. schoolchildren
September 28, 2018
September 28, 2018
Gerrymandered school districts perpetuate segregation by keeping low-income students out, which is bad for economic growth
October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018
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Public investments in education can spur equitable growth, pay for themselves, and create jobs for a stronger economic recovery
October 27, 2020
October 27, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic requires a wartime commitment for essential workers’ access to childcare
April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020
How the coronavirus pandemic is harming family well-being for U.S. low-wage workers
April 1, 2020
April 1, 2020
Addressing the need for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education for all in the United States
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
Fair work schedules for the U.S. economy and society: What’s reasonable, feasible, and effective
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
Do Teacher Strikes Make Parents Pro- or Anti-Labor? The Effects of Labor Unrest on Mass Attitudes
October 29, 2019
October 29, 2019
School segregation undermines U.S. economic mobility and dynamism
October 15, 2019
October 15, 2019
U.S. school segregation in the 21st century
October 15, 2019
October 15, 2019
Investments in early childhood education improve outcomes for program participants—and perhaps other children too
December 4, 2018
December 4, 2018
Gerrymandered school districts perpetuate segregation by keeping low-income students out, which is bad for economic growth
October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018
Closing the homework gap: Why accessibility to high-quality broadband matters to U.S. schoolchildren
September 28, 2018
September 28, 2018
Inequality of educational opportunity? Schools as mediators of the intergenerational transmission of income
April 23, 2018
April 23, 2018
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