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Even Famous Female Economists Get No Respect

November 11, 2015

The New York Times | By Justin Wolfers (Ph.D. '01). The correct citation is Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz. (Ditto: Anne Case and Angus Deaton).



What's Replacing No Child Left Behind?

December 7, 2015

Harvard EdCast | Martin West (Ph.D. '06, now faculty) discusses the big changes in federal legislation replacing No Child Left Behind, and what it may mean.



Getting Social on the Job

January 8, 2016

WGBH Innovation Hub | Interview with David Deming (Ph.D. '10 and faculty) about his latest research on "The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market."
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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).



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.



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."



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.



Trumpism as a Transatlantic Phenomenon

March 8, 2016

The American Prospect | By Charlotte Cavaillé (Ph.D. '14), Noam Gidron (Ph.D. candidate in Government), and Peter A. Hall (Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies). Cavaillé is presently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. She joins the Georgetown University faculty in July.



Migration, Wages, Housing Prices, and Why They All Matter

January 14, 2016

WGBH and PRI's Innovation Hub | Daniel Shoag (Ph.D. '11), Assistant Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, explains how century-long trend of Americans moving to locations that offer higher wages has stalled for all but the most educated—and how this contributes to inequality. [Text and audio: 12 minutes]



Is the American Party System About to Crack Up?

May 5, 2016

The Nation | By Danielle Allen of Harvard, Rick Perlstein, and Daniel Schlozman (Ph.D. '11) of Johns Hopkins University. Three scholars of American politics and history consider whether we're on the verge of a fundamental realignment. 

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