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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The economic costs of gun violence in the United States
July 18, 2023
July 18, 2023
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
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Does inequality affect high school dropout rates?
March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016
School finance reform and the distribution of student achievement
March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016
Like grandmother, like granddaughter: Education doesn’t change
January 14, 2016
January 14, 2016
Does Nevada’s new school choice program hurt low- and middle-income students?
July 9, 2015
July 9, 2015
New John Bates Clark winner takes policy-relevant research very seriously
April 28, 2015
April 28, 2015
ICYMI: Lynch on the economic gains from reducing education inequality
February 4, 2015
February 4, 2015
The economic and fiscal consequences of improving U.S. educational outcomes
February 2, 2015
February 2, 2015
The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Improving U.S. Educational Outcomes
February 2, 2015
February 2, 2015
The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Improving U.S. Educational Outcomes
February 2, 2015
February 2, 2015
The evolution of class-based gaps in young children’s home environments
November 13, 2014
November 13, 2014
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