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    Smart Social Programs

    Smart Social Programs

    May 11, 2015

    The New York Times | Sarah Cohodes research (Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy) on Medicaid and education featured in op-ed by Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, on the substantial long-term benefits of social policy investments in families. Also featured: New findings from the Moving to Opportunity experiment by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence Katz (Harvard Economics) and research by Raj Chetty,  John Friedman (Brown University), and Jonah Rockoff (Ph.D. '04, now at Columbia Business School) on the impact of the earned-income tax credit on test scores and subsequent earnings. 

    Six Examples of the Long-Term Benefits of Anti-Poverty Programs

    Six Examples of the Long-Term Benefits of Anti-Poverty Programs

    May 11, 2015

    Council of Economic Advisers | CEA Chairman Jason Furman web brief provides a more detailed detailed discussion of the research mentioned in his New York Times op-ed, "Smart Social Programs". This brief highlights research by  Sarah Cohodes (Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy), David Deming (faculty member and Ph.D. '10), Lawrence Katz, Jeffrey Liebman, Jonah Rockoff (Ph.D. '04), and Christopher Wimer (Ph.D. '07).

    Askwith Forum: Transforming Teaching

    Askwith Forum: Transforming Teaching

    May 11, 2015

    Harvard Graduate School of Education| Jal Mehta (Faculty and Ph.D. '06) moderated this Askwith Forum with Anthony Bryk (President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), Jeff Duncan-Andrade (Co-founder, Teaching Excellence Network), and Randi Weingarten (President, American Federation of Teachers).

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