Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
Focus on Poverty, IRP’s flagship online publication, includes brief essays summarizing current poverty and policy research for non-researchers. The collection is prepared for educators, policymakers, policy analysts, and state and federal officials. Each issue is accompanied by Focus on Poverty Classroom Supplement, a college classroom resource, which includes additional information and web links on the topics covered in Focus on Poverty.
Resources
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Results of the federal urban Empowerment Zone program
- Matias Busso, Jesse Gregory, and Patrick Kline
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
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Good jobs: The importance of who you work for
- David Card
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
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Waiting tables for a living: How employers and geography affect working conditions
- Anna Haley-Lock
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
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Focus & Focus+ 29(2), Fall/Winter 2012–2013
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013
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Introduction to the Issue, 29(2)
- Timothy M. Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013
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Hard evidence on soft skills
- James J. Heckman
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013
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A Year Up
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013
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Year Up: Providing a pathway from poverty to a professional career for urban young adults
- Gerald Chertavian; Reaction by Carolyn Heinrich
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013
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How does Year Up measure up?
- Carolyn Heinrich
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013
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Response from the author
- Gerald Chertavian
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013