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Housing in the Nation's Capital 2006 (Research Report)Author(s): Margery Austin Turner,
G. Thomas Kingsley,
Kathryn L.S. Pettit,
Jennifer Comey,
Barika Williams,
Mark Woolley,
Jessica CignaThis is the fifth in a series of annual reports that analyzes the most current data on housing conditions and trends in the District of Columbia and the surrounding suburbs. This year's report focuses on linkages between housing and schools in the District of Columbia and the metropolitan region. The availability and quality of public schools play a critical role in shaping demand for housing, and, correspondingly, housing market trends shape school enrollment patterns. To explore these issues, this report reviews trends in housing and public school enrollment in the Washington region, with more in-depth coverage of the District's neighborhoods.
| Posted: October 25, 2006 | Availability: HTML |
World Awaits Our Engineering, Science Students (Commentary)Author(s): Harold Salzman,
Leonard LynnHal Salzman and Leonard Lynn argue that recent reports warning of a rising threat posed by hordes of scientists and engineers graduating from Chinese and Indian universities are wrong on several counts, countering that rather than technonationalism, the United States should invest in education, research and development with a mind to the global community and markets.
| Posted: October 22, 2006 | Availability: HTML |
State-Level Changes in Children's Well-Being and Family Environment (Series/Snapshots of America's Families III)Author(s): Richard Wertheimer,
Cameron McPhee,
Kristin Anderson MooreData from the 2002 round of the National Survey of America's Families show the share of children living in poverty dropped between 1996 and 2001 in all states studied except Alabama. Young children were more likely to be read to or told stories in 5 of the 13 states. Children became less engaged in school in 10 of the 13 states.
Financial Literacy Strategies: Where Do We Go From Here? (Policy Briefs/Opportunity and Ownership Project)Author(s): Robert I. Lerman,
Elizabeth BellReport No. 1 of the Opportunity and Ownership Project. Financial services have become more free and accessible, but also increasingly complex. For new financial options to help most people, they must understand their options. Unfortunately, Americans have a weak grasp of basic finance. This paper emphasizes the importance of financial literacy and examines current financial education strategies. We explore two methods of financial education—broad financial curriculums and "teachable moments." After examining each, we suggest that a combination of the two perspectives, with the topics and strategies varying by target audience. We conclude by calling for a more rigorous evaluation of the effects of existing programs.
Impacts of a Summer Learning Program: A Random Assignment Study of Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) (Research Report)Author(s): Duncan Chaplin,
Jeffrey CapizzanoA growing body of evidence indicates that the test scores of low-income children drop significantly relative to their higher-income counterparts during the summer months. This study used random assignment to evaluate the effectiveness of the Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) program--a summer program designed to improve academic skills, parental involvement, academic self-perceptions, and social behaviors among low-income children and families--and finds that a well-implemented summer learning program can improve reading test scores and increase the extent to which parents encourage their children to read during the subsequent school year. These findings provide some support for investments in out-of-school time programming for low-income children during the summer, such as those currently coming from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program and the Supplemental Services provisions of Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act.
