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Community Schools Toolkit
This toolkit highlights particular programs and services that have been included in community schools, and consolidates some policy and outreach resources that can be helpful in advancing a community...
Minimum Hours for Maximum Impact: Creating Family-Sustaining Building Service Jobs in Today's Economy
As momentum for raising minimum wages builds across the country, minimum hours will complete the equation, stabilizing the incomes of the majority (60 percent) of working Americans who are paid by...
A Hidden Crisis: Underemployment in Silicon Valley's Hourly Workforce
Silicon Valley is among the most prosperous regions in the United States. Yet one-third of workers in San Jose earn less in a year than the average annual rent for a one-bedroom home, and even more...
A City of Immigrant Workers: Building a Workforce Strategy to Support All New Yorkers
New York City is a city of immigrants. New York is home to the most diverse immigrant population of any major city in the world and immigrants make up nearly half of the city’s workforce. Yet the...
Teaching Toward Equity: The importance of English Classes to Reducing Economic Inequality in New York
In 2016, economic inequality remains one of the most pressing issues facing New York. Despite growing overall economic prosperity, New York continues to struggle with high rates of poverty. And while...
Wages And Hours: Why Workers in Emeryville’s Service Sector Need a Fair Workweek
Most Americans are paid by the hour, yet today’s workweek is changing—the 40-hour workweek and the 8-hour day are no longer the norm for a significant portion of the workforce. Labor standards have...
Community Schools: Transforming Struggling Schools into Thriving Schools
For at least a decade, the dominant idea about how to improve outcomes for children and youth has focused on control and compliance; holding adults accountable for raising test scores. This approach...
Whose Opportunity? Profiting Off of School Turnaround and Takeover in Atlanta
The “Opportunity School District” (“OSD”) is a proposed, statewide takeover district that would allow the state to seize control of up to 100 “failing” schools for between five and 10 years. This is...
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