Post-secondary
The Power of Student Peer Leaders
News Article
Oct 2, 2018
An organization is using the influence that teenagers have on their contemporaries to help more students from low-income families gain college admission and student aid.
CSCU Offers Free Classes to SNAP Enrolled Students
News Article
Oct 2, 2018
Students have around 60 programs at their disposal, from advanced manufacturing to emergency medical response.
It's Hard to Study if You're Hungry
News Article
Jan 18, 2018
An estimated half of all college students struggle with food insecurity, even at elite flagship universities like the University of California, Berkeley, and selective private schools like Northwestern University. Former foster youth, L.G.B.T.
Career and Technical Education: Past, Present, and Future
Podcast
Sep 17, 2018
About MDRC’s “Evidence First” Podcast Series:
Policymakers talk about solutions, but which ones really work? Join Katie Beal, MDRC’s External Affairs Associate, as she talks with experts about the best evidence available on education and social programs that serve low-income people.
Bridging the Opportunity Divide for Low-Income Youth: Implementation and Early Impacts of the Year Up Program
Bridging the Opportunity Divide for Low-Income Youth: Implementation and Early Impacts of the Year Up Program
Report
May 1, 2018
Our initial report—which followed participants around the country over three years—found, among other things, that Year Up increased participants’ average quarterly earnings by more than 50 percent.
States Leading the Way: Practical Solutions that Lift Up Children and Families
States Leading the Way: Practical Solutions that Lift Up Children and Families
Report
Jul 19, 2018
As prospects seem to diminish for the next generation being
better off than the current one, it is essential to elevate the
successful work being done to address intergenerational
poverty and create an intergenerational path of opportunity.
Practical State Solutions profiles effective solutions from