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View article: Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago
Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago Open
Gun violence is the most pressing public safety problem in U.S. cities. We report results from a randomized controlled trial (N = 2,456) of a community-researcher partnership called the Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI) C…
View article: Randomized evaluation of a school-based, trauma-informed group intervention for young women in Chicago
Randomized evaluation of a school-based, trauma-informed group intervention for young women in Chicago Open
This study explores whether a school-based group counseling program for adolescent girls, implemented at scale, can mitigate trauma-related mental health harms. In a randomized trial involving 3749 Chicago public high school girls, we find…
View article: Replication Data for: 'Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago'
Replication Data for: 'Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago' Open
The programs replicate tables and figures from "Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago", by Bhatt, Heller, Kapustin, Bertrand, and Blattman. Please see the REAME file for additional details.
View article: Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago
Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago Open
Gun violence is the most pressing public safety problem in American cities. We report results from a randomized controlled trial (N = 2, 456) of a community-researcher partnership called the Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (REA…
View article: Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes Among Adolescents
Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes Among Adolescents Open
There is growing concern that it is too difficult or costly to substantially improve the academic skills of children who are behind in school once they reach adolescence.But perhaps what we have tried in the past relies on the wrong interv…
View article: Scope Challenges to Social Impact
Scope Challenges to Social Impact Open
Over the past 50 years, social science has increasingly become involved in the business of not just understanding social problems, but of helping solve them as well.Progress towards this goal will benefit not just from the growing work on …
View article: Evaluating the Impact of Statewide Supports to Reduce Within-School Achievement Gaps: A Mixed Methods Study of Focus Schools in Michigan
Evaluating the Impact of Statewide Supports to Reduce Within-School Achievement Gaps: A Mixed Methods Study of Focus Schools in Michigan Open
Until the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015, states were required to submit a state-developed accountability plan in exchange for leeway on NCLB accountability provisions. Among the many requirements that had to be addresse…