George Zuo

The Inflation Pain You Don't See

Official statistics don't capture the pain of inflation for many Americans. That's because there's something wrong with how we define the middle class. Far more American households earn a middle-class income than enjoy a middle-class lifestyle.

Renters' Last Chance for Pandemic Aid Before Evictions Resume

The pandemic has battered Los Angeles renters, and a new wave of pain is coming with the moratorium on evictions ending September 30. But this housing crisis doesn't have to turn into a new homelessness crisis. Californians with incomes below 80 percent of their area's median are eligible to receive funds from the COVID-19 Rent Relief program.

Report

Supporting Housing Affordability in New York City Through Increased Housing Production: A Policy Brief

In this report, the authors address the issue of housing affordability in New York City through a specific focus on the role that broadly increasing the supply of housing can play in increasing affordability.

Report

How Do Teachers Spend Professional Learning Time, and Does It Connect to Classroom Practice? Findings from the 2022 American Instructional Resources Survey

The authors examine how teachers use professional learning time, such as collaborative learning, workshops or trainings, and coaching, and the extent to which professional learning improves teaching and student learning.

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Principal Perspectives on School Staffing Struggles: Findings from the 2022 Learn Together Survey

In this report, principals in a national survey point to a lack of substitute teachers and qualified applicants as barriers to sufficient classroom staffing coverage during the 2022 coronavirus disease 2019 omicron spike.

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What K–12 English Language Arts and Mathematics Instructional Materials Were Newly Purchased and Used for the 2021–2022 School Year? Findings from the 2022 American Instructional Resources Survey

In this report, the authors build on previous research by drawing on nationally representative survey data from English language arts and mathematics teachers to better understand teachers' use of new instructional materials.

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Learn Together Surveys: 2022 Technical Documentation and Survey Results

This report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the 2022 Learn Together Surveys that were administered to K-12 principals and teachers in March 2022 via the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels.

Journal Article

A Consumption-Based Definition of the Middle Class

In this paper, we develop a consumption-based measure of the middle class that closely follows economic theory of constrained optimization.