Raj Chetty, David Deming, John Friedman, and Nathaniel Hendren will lead the research program of a policy lab examining the effectiveness of a variety of pathways to increase economic opportunity for adults and children from disadvantaged backgrounds. They will assess the role of post-secondary education in promoting opportunity, evaluate place-based efforts to improve neighborhood opportunity, and identify long-term drivers of economic opportunity. The policy lab will disseminate its findings through a series of papers, policy briefs, and presentations for members of the policy community.
Susanna Loeb will direct the research program of a policy lab examining how tutoring programs can be used to help students recover from learning loss attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and to close achievement gaps between students from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers. Lab researchers will evaluate the effectiveness of various tutoring models implemented by school districts and charter school networks. The policy lab’s output will appear in a series of research papers and policy briefs.
Raj Chetty, David Deming, John Friedman, and Nathaniel Hendren will direct the research program of Opportunity Insights, a policy lab working to identify approaches to increase economic opportunity and social mobility through effective public policies. They will explore how post-secondary education, neighborhoods, and peer groups can shape the later life outcomes of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The policy lab’s output will appear in a series of papers, reports, and policy briefs.
Matthew Kraft and Danielle Edwards will examine the extent to which schools can improve their performance by identifying and training prospective teachers rather than relying on pools of traditionally trained teachers. They will explore the landscape of what have come to be known as Grow-Your-Own programs and examine the effectiveness of a Texas program that provides districts facing staffing challenges with resources to implement such programs. The project’s findings will appear in two research papers and a policy brief.