What Works and What Doesn’t in the War against Obesity
Rand Corporation
Preventing obesity will save lives and money, but doing so is easier said than done. Ever hear of the idea about putting more supermarkets in poor areas to provide more fresh food? Probably won’t work.
How Rhode Island Pulled Off School Funding Reform
Center for American Progress
It isn’t easy reforming something that controls as much money as statewide school funding formulas but Rhode Island managed to do it.
Measuring Equity in School Funding
Center for American Progress
States should embrace metrics that reveal the disparities in state funding between wealth jurisdictions and poor ones.
The New Geography of Nativity and Disadvantage
Brookings Institution
Hey, it looks like immigrants and poverty are following all those white people into the suburbs!
