Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor;Health
The current value of the federal minimum wage -- $7.25 per hour -- is often compared to the cost of living, the average wage in the economy, or the productivity of the average worker. By all of these benchmarks, the current federal minimum is well below its historical levels. But the current minimum wage looks even worse when compared to two kinds of purchases strongly associated with a middle-class standard of living or the ability to move up to the middle class: health insurance and a college degree.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:
Aging, Education and Literacy, Employment and Labor
Relative to any of the most common benchmarks -- the cost of living, the wages of the average worker, or average productivity levels -- the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour is well below its historical value. These usual reference points, however, understate the true erosion in the minimum wage in recent decades because the average low-wage worker today is both older and much better educated than the average low-wage worker was in the past.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:
Community and Economic Development;Education and Literacy;Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations. Substantially greater progress could be made in alleviating many of our most serious and complex social problems if nonprofits, governments, businesses, and the public were brought together around a common agenda to create collective impact. Published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2011.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:
Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans
Playgrounds and Prejudice: Elementary School Climate in the United States details findings of national surveys of 1,065 elementary school students in 3rd to 6th grade and 1,099 elementary school teachers of K-6th grade. The report examines students' and teachers' experiences with biased remarks and bullying, and their attitudes about gender expression and family diversity.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy;Immigration
Probing the changing makeup of American college campuses, this report by the Public Education Institute at The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc. of Malden, MA, offers unparalleled insight into the journeys of today's graduate students born to immigrant entrepreneur parents.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Southern) / District of Columbia / Washington;North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Massachusetts;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia County / Philadelphia
Education and Literacy, Government Reform
Analyzes state-by-state trends in the average debt of 2008 graduates and percentages of graduates with debt. Lists high- and low-debt states and campuses. Interactive map provides campus-by-campus data on tuition and percentage of Pell Grants recipients.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Athletics and Sports;Education and Literacy
Recommends strengthening accountability for intercollegiate athletics by requiring more transparency and better comparisons of athletics and academic spending, rewarding practices that prioritize academic values, and treating college athletes as students.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States
Computers and Technology, Education and Literacy
Presents findings from an annual survey, with a focus on teaching and learning methods that help students develop as ethical professionals and improve their legal writing and problem-solving skills.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
