«Summer learning loss translates into achievement gaps and educational inequities,» said Jennifer Sloan McCombs, a Rand senior policy researcher and co-author of the Making Summer Count study, at a recent national conference of school administrators. (summermatters.net)
«Our findings support the hypothesis that San Francisco's Community Justice Center reduces criminal recidivism,» said Beau Kilmer, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization. (sciencedaily.com)
«There has been a dramatic contraction of the prison education system, particularly those programs focused on academic instruction versus vocational training,» said Lois Davis, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization. (sciencedaily.com)