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September 2020 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's September newsletter announces a webinar series on charting the next decade of evidence generation in state and local governments, the new Mobility From Poverty Learning Agenda, and a new evidence review on tutoring.

J-PAL North America launches research initiative to focus on Covid-19 recovery

The Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative aims to catalyze evidence-based policy solutions to the challenges posed by the pandemic.

How tutoring programs can combat the “Covid-19 slide”

Summarizing results from 96 randomized evaluations, new J-PAL North America publication highlights the sizable impact tutoring programs can have on student learning.

The crisis of mistrust and COVID-19: Race and re-imagining tracing and vaccination

COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on African Americans and it's time to re-imagine tracing and vaccination in order to control the virus.

August 2020 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's August newsletter highlights a new blog post on how research can help combat the COVID-19 education crisis, our education technology evidence review, and an interview with affiliated researcher Sarah Cohodes.

The pandemic has created unexpected summer jobs for these young people

The summer job is a rite of passage for many teens and younger adults. Because of the pandemic, however, traditional roles such as camp counselor, lifeguard and waiter, are scarce. But as John Yang reports, some local governments are providing these young people with other unemployment options, from...

July 2020 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's July newsletter highlights a new policy insight on increasing community college graduation rates with comprehensive support programs, the launch of the Economics Transformation Project, and a new research resource on collecting electronic signatures.

June 2020 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's June newsletter highlights a New York Times op-ed by affiliated researchers Sara Heller and Judd Kessler on the importance of restoring summer jobs in New York, COVID-19 guidelines for education funders, and evidence-based strategies to support small businesses.