Topic K-12

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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How Black activists spurred the U.S. government to expand school meal programs, addressing child hunger and boosting future productivity

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Equitable Recovery

A cost-benefit analysis of The American Families Plan’s proposed investment in a nationwide public preschool program

FamiliesInequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
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The economic benefits of equal opportunity in the United States by ending racial, ethnic, and gender disparities

FamiliesInequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
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U.S. school segregation in the 21st century

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
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Inequality of educational opportunity? Schools as mediators of the intergenerational transmission of income

Families
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Closing the homework gap: Why accessibility to high-quality broadband matters to U.S. schoolchildren

FamiliesInequality & Mobility

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Investments in early childhood education improve outcomes for program participants—and perhaps other children too

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
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Gerrymandered school districts perpetuate segregation by keeping low-income students out, which is bad for economic growth

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
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Closing the homework gap: Why accessibility to high-quality broadband matters to U.S. schoolchildren

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
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Inequality of educational opportunity? Schools as mediators of the intergenerational transmission of income

Families
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Equal access to a good education is not just about sound school budgets

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
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The evolution of charter school quality in Texas

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The evolution of charter school quality

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Seminar Series: The Evolution of Charter School Quality (Invitation only)

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There is more to equal access to a good education than sound school budgets

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
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Equity, efficiency and education spending in the United States

Families
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Reducing inequality through dynamic complementarity: Evidence from Head Start and public school spending

Families
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Trump administration 2018 budget swaps heavy cuts to education for focus on school choice

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