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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Police in public schools harm students, leading to far-reaching socioeconomic inequalities alongside less safe schools
April 19, 2023
April 19, 2023
How Black activists spurred the U.S. government to expand school meal programs, addressing child hunger and boosting future productivity
February 22, 2022
February 22, 2022
The economic benefits of equal opportunity in the United States by ending racial, ethnic, and gender disparities
June 29, 2021
June 29, 2021
U.S. school segregation in the 21st century
October 15, 2019
October 15, 2019
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
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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
Equal access to a good education is not just about sound school budgets
April 23, 2018
April 23, 2018
The evolution of charter school quality in Texas
April 10, 2018
April 10, 2018
Seminar Series: The Evolution of Charter School Quality (Invitation only)
January 24, 2018 12:15PM - 1:30PM
There is more to equal access to a good education than sound school budgets
August 15, 2017
August 15, 2017
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