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March 2026 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's March newsletter announces ARTEMIS—our newest offering to expand the diversity of researchers at every milestone in the pipeline, as well as an upcoming webinar in our Evidence Matters series.

Program offering academic and financial support helps City Colleges students earn more, study finds

Students who started getting help from the nonprofit One Million Degrees while in high school were more likely to earn an associate degree and, on average, earned $14,000 more than their counterparts, University of Chicago researchers found.

The long-term labor benefits of student supports

A new study sheds light on the long-term benefits of wraparound student supports on students’ employment and earnings. The University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab examined how City Colleges of Chicago students who participated in services provided through the student success nonprofit One...

New Study: Chicago-Based Program Drove Significant Gains in Graduation Rates and Career Outcomes for Community College Students

One Million Degrees (OMD) — the Chicago-based nonprofit that pioneered a comprehensive approach to boosting completion rates for community college students — and City Colleges of Chicago today announced new long-term results of an ongoing randomized controlled trial conducted by the University of...

February 2026 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's February newsletter features a new affiliate spotlight on Jacob Wallace and new research results in influenza vaccination take up. We also highlight an upcoming Climate Action webinar and recently published Climate Action Evidence Review.

January 2026 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's January newsletter highlights the open call for applications to the Climate Action Learning Lab, the launch of a new training offering in Puerto Rico, and shares a new webpage featuring our work with the Learning Engineering Virtual Institute.

Eedi Showing How AI Tutoring Can Deliver Personalized Learning Safely And Effectively

High-quality one-to-one tutoring is one of the most effective ways to boost student learning, but it’s also one of the hardest to scale. Personalized support is expensive, requires a large pool of dedicated educators, and is often inaccessible to many students and classrooms.

December 2025 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's December newsletter features the 2025 Evidence Champions recognition, an end of year blog post, and an opinion piece on using evidence to combat poverty.