Brookings Institution

Ten Years of the EITC Movement: Making Work Pay Then and Now

Steve Holt
April 1, 2011

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is an earnings supplement available through the income tax system that offsets payroll taxes and supports low- and moderate­íncome workers raising children.

Choosing Blindly: Instructional Materials, Teacher Effectiveness, and the Common Core

Matthew Chingos, Grover Whitehurst
April 10, 2012

There is strong evidence that instructional materials play a pivotal role in student learning and, compared to more popular reforms like merit pay and school turnarounds, changing them for the bett

The 2012 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning?

Tom Loveless
February 16, 2012

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is unlikely to improve academic outcomes, concludes a new report from the Brookings Institution.

Recording Everything: Digital Storage as an Enabler of Authoritarian Governments

John Villasenor
December 14, 2011

Within the next few years an important threshold will be crossed: For the first time ever, it will become technologically and financially feasible for authoritarian governments to record nearly eve

High Cost or High Opportunity Cost? Transportation and Family Economic Success

Margy Waller
November 8, 2005

Research evidence suggests that having a car is a worthwhile investment in better outcomes for low-income families.

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