In this essay, MDRC President Virginia Knox reflects on two important priorities for MDRC this year and beyond: building on our long-standing technical assistance efforts with private and public partners and making sure our work addresses racial equity.
This brief by MDRC's Amena Sengal, Meghan McCormick, and Jálynn Castleman-Smith summarizes recent findings that show how a lack of access to high-quality summer programs may contribute to disparities in children’s learning and development during the transition to kindergarten.
In this commentary originally published by New America, MDRC's Meghan McCormick and Christina Weiland from the University of Michigan argue that states should make investing in high-quality early childhood and kindergarten programs a priority in their pandemic recovery efforts.
Participants in the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program are more likely to obtain a GED or high school diploma, earn college credits, and be employed. This study evaluates an expansion called Job ChalleNGe, which includes more court-involved youth and includes an add-on residential training...
"4. Learning losses are likely to be larger in younger children.
4 new studies bolster the case for project-based learning, writes @jillbarshay. Trials were accompanied by big inve… https://t.co/k1Zusyy0xZ
MDRC's @Meghan_McCorm & Sharon Huang offer 2 strategies for states' new COVID relief funds: ✅invest in high-qualit… https://t.co/RvZPx9F9ve
A portrait of community college student parents https://t.co/7t6bl04lto via @mattdembicki @Comm_College Daily