A 'Lost Generation Of Workers': Youth Unemployment July 2, 2014National Public Radio | Elisabeth Jacobs (Ph.D. '08)
The Science of Teaching Gets High Marks July 20, 2015FiveThirtyEight | Thomas Kane, Jonah Rockoff (Ph.D '04)
The Teacher: Cassi Pittman July 22, 2015Cleveland Scene | Cassi L. Pittman (Ph.D. '12) on the issues facing her native East Cleveland and the challenges of improving NE Ohio's urban core.
Harvard finds merit in Boston schools' advanced-work classes July 27, 2015Boston Globe | Sarah Cohodes (Ph.D. '15) research details benefits, especially for minority students. Read the study ►
Schools are able to hire stronger teachers when economy is weak, study finds July 28, 2015Washington Post | Martin R. West (faculty and Ph.D. '06). New paper examines how alternative job opportunities affect teacher quality.
Defending Their Homes: How anti-crime mobilization of African-Americans helped spur mass incarceration August 3, 2015Chronicle of Higher Education | Michael Javen Fortner talks about his new book (Ph.D. '10).
America's Biggest Problem Isn't Income Inequality. It's Concentrated Poverty August 10, 2015The Atlantic—CityLab | Highlights work of Robert Sampson and Patrick Sharkey (Ph.D. '07) in illuminating wide-ranging effects of concentrated poverty.
New Medical Devices Get to Patients Too Slowly August 11, 2015Forbes | Discusses research by Ariel Dora Stern (HBS faculty, Ph.D. '14).
Is the skills gap real? Economists challenge a politician's truism August 2, 2015The Boston Globe | Alicia Sasser Modestino (Ph.D. '01)