How to make cities affordable for everyone again

February 19, 2016

Washington Post | A group of experts, including Daniel Shoag (Ph.D. '11), Assistant Professor of Public Policy, elaborate the lines of debate.

What do trends in economic inequality imply for innovation and entrepreneurship? A framework for future research and policy

February 16, 2016

Washington Center for Equitable Growth | By Elisabeth Jacobs (Ph.D. '08), now Senior Director for Policy and Academic Programs at Equitable Growth. Also cites work by Inequality doctoral fellow Alex Bell (Ph.D. candidate in Economics) et. al., which finds that children of parents in the top 1% of the income distribution are ten times more likely to become inventors than those in the bottom 50%.

Why many black politicians backed the 1994 crime bill

February 12, 2016

Slate | Interview with Michael Javen Fortner (Ph.D. '10), now City University of New York, who argues the need for a more complex understanding of the origins and unintended consequences of the 1994 crime bill.

Why African Americans don't trust the courts, and why it matters

February 11, 2016

The Marshall Project | By Sara Sternberg Greene (Ph.D. '14, now Associate Professor, Duke Law School): "My research suggests that the disparate treatment African Americans receive at the hands of the criminal justice system—or even the perception of disparity—may perpetuate inequality in ways that so far have been largely overlooked." How distrust of the criminal justice system spills over into the civil justice system...with often dire consequences for the poor.

Schools of Choice: Expanding opportunity for urban minority students

February 8, 2016

Education Next | By Martin R. West (Ph.D. '06, now Harvard Graduate School of Education). This article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman's groundbreaking report, "Equality of Educational Opportunity."

From evidence-based programs to an evidence-based system: Opportunities under the Every Student Succeeds Act

February 5, 2016

The Brookings Institution | By Martin R. West, Ph.D. '06 and Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. ESSA is the first federal education law to define the term “evidence-based"—Why its definition of what it means for an activity to be evidence-based makes it potentially so powerful.

Changing Neighborhoods for Better or Worse

February 2, 2016

No Jargon [Podcast—Ep. 19] | Jackelyn Hwang (Ph.D. '15, now a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University) discusses gentrification in America—how race and class influence who moves where and when, and how can decision-makers encourage investment that protects long-time residents? No Jargon presents interviews with top university scholars on the politics, policy problems, and social issues facing the nation. Subscribe in iTunes, or listen to individual episodes at the SSN website.

Conservatism And Y Combinator's Proposed Basic Income Research

January 28, 2016

Forbes | By Scott Winship (Ph.D. '09, now Walter B. Wriston Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research).

After Common Core, States Set Rigorous Standards

January 27, 2016

Education Next | By Paul E. Peterson (Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government), Samuel Barrows (Ph.'14, now a postdoctoral fellow in the Program in Educational Policy and Governance at Harvard), and Thomas Gift (also a postdoctoral fellow).