Children & Families

Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendant and CEO, Iranetta Rayborn Wright tours Aiken High School on the first day of school on Thursday August 18, 2022. Wright walked around, greeting students and staff and taking selfies with them.

Education Plus Development

Greater Cincinnati’s community learning centers lead place-based learning and holistic neighborhood development

Jennifer Kotting

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

School finance and educational equity

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST

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Report

Key tensions in refugee education

Maysa Jalbout and Katy Bullard

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Kids walking to school

Education Plus Development

10 recommendations for superintendents to transform education systems into community school districts

Reuben Jacobson

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Reports

A teacher works with her students to learn math.

Report

Starting and sustaining community schools: 10 tips for district leaders

Reuben Jacobson

Thursday, November 10, 2022

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Report

Community Schools Forward: Technical assistance needs assessment

Stacey Campo and Abe Fernández

Monday, August 15, 2022

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Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Stuck on the Ladder: Intragenerational wealth mobility in the United States

Ariel Gelrud Shiro, Christopher Pulliam, John Sabelhaus, and Ember Smith

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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U.S. Economy

Can child care and pre-K help reduce inflation?

Harry J. Holzer and Isabel V. Sawhill

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Teddy bear illustration

Essay

Lessons learned from the COVID-19 policy response and child well-being

Anna Aizer and Claudia Persico

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Blog Posts

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Up Front

Class Notes: Mortality rates, parents’ spending on child care, and more

Richard V. Reeves and Simran Kalkat

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Line of voting booths

Up Front

The economics of 5 big election issues

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Girl reading book while sitting by shelf in library

Education Plus Development

Reading with a caregiver trumps reading an e-book alone

Amanda Delgado, Alexus G. Ramirez, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

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Events

A comparative perspective on policies to support single-parent families

10:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST

How district leaders start and sustain community schools

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

The socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19 for Latino families

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

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Related Books

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The Emotionally Intelligent Child: Effective Strategies for Parenting Self-Aware, Cooperative, and Well-Balanced Kids

By Rachael Katz and Helen Shwe Hadani

2022

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Generation Unbound

By Isabel V. Sawhill

2014

Policies to Address Poverty in America

By Benjamin H. Harris and Melissa S. Kearney

2014

Experts

Helen Shwe Hadani

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Fellow - Brookings Metro, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

Lauren Bauer

Fellow - Economic Studies

Associate Director - The Hamilton Project

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Multimedia

Recession Remedies podcast

Podcast Episode

How did economic policy affect children’s well-being during COVID-19?

Anna Aizer, Claudia Persico, and David Wessel

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer peers out from behind a mock U.S. Treasury check as he holds a press conference on the expanded Child Tax Credit payments at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Podcast Episode

How could expanded tax credits reduce child poverty?

Robert Greenstein and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 16, 2021

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students Keiley Flores, 13, Andrea Ramos, 10, and Alexander Ramos, 8, work on school-issued computers with unreliable internet connectivity, as their mother Anely Solis, 32, tries to connect them to her mobile hotspot, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at their home in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Podcast Episode

How mothers spend their time

Lauren Bauer and Fred Dews

Friday, May 7, 2021

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More on Children & Families

The future of outcomes-based financing: Transforming results for children

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

New York, New York

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The racial wealth gap, financial aid, and college access

Phillip Levine and Dubravka Ritter

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The 2022 American Family Survey

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

Home sweet home: How to limit children’s sugary drink consumption

Thursday, September 15, 2022

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Who redshirts?

Richard V. Reeves

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

A mom and daughter wave goodbye

A COVID-19 labor force legacy: The drop in dual-worker families

Ryan Nunn and Katherine Lim

September 8, 2022