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Journal Article

The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from University Police

This paper seeks new evidence on the impact of private police on crime, exploiting a unique setting, the University of Chicago Police Department, that permits a credible examination of the causal effect of police in both the short and long run.

Jun 30, 2017
Commentary

Pitfalls of Predictive Policing

The Chicago Police Department's predictive policing program didn't work. To achieve even a 5 percent drop in the city's homicide rate, enormous leaps in both prediction and intervention effectiveness are necessary.

Oct 11, 2016
Commentary

CPD's 'Heat List' and the Dilemma of Predictive Policing

Predictive policing — the use of computer models to identify areas or people at greater risk of being involved in a serious crime — is yielding results for police. How authorities plan to respond to the data is key.

Sep 21, 2016
Commentary

The Hidden Costs of Pension Plan Reform

While there are many policy options that may decrease pension liabilities for Chicago and cities and states in similar situations, some options being considered may also have serious consequences for the public sector workforce, now and in the future.

May 18, 2016
Research Brief

How Different Pension Policies Can Impact Teacher Retention

A dynamic retention model can help policymakers concerned with mounting pension costs estimate and analyze the relationship between different retirement benefit policies and retention over the career of Chicago public school teachers.

May 2, 2016
Report

Retirement Benefits and Teacher Retention

There is little capacity to predict how recent pension reforms and changes to teacher compensation will affect teacher turnover and teacher experience mix—and in turn—potentially impact the cost and efficacy of the public education system. Research using a structural modeling approach may begin to fill that gap.

May 2, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Academic Impact of Enrollment in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programs: A Case Study of Chicago Public Schools

In schools accredited as IB World Schools by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), teachers use IB curriculum and pedagogy to teach a range of courses that are intended to prepare IB-enrolled students for college.

Apr 1, 2014
Journal Article

Journal Article

Consider the Evidence

One of the best ways to increase student learning is to simultaneously increase the time spent on learning and the quality of instruction.

Sep 11, 2012
News Release

News Release

Coordination Efforts Could Boost After-School Programming

Coordinating the work of the many different institutions involved in after-school activities -- including schools, nonprofits and municipal agencies like parks and libraries -- holds the promise of making programs better and more accessible to urban children and teens who need them.

Oct 21, 2010
Research Brief

Research Brief

Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Use Data to Improve Services in Out-of-School Time Programs

Five cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation, along with three other cities that were not part of the initiative, were successful in using data from management information systems to improve out-of-school-time programs.

Oct 19, 2010
Research Brief

Research Brief

Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Build Systems to Improve Out-of-School-Time Programs

Five cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation to increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their out-of-school-time systems used different planning approaches to meet the initiative's goals.

Oct 18, 2010
Report

Report

Hours of Opportunity, Volume 3: Profiles of Five Cities Improving After-School Programs Through a Systems Approach

The third in this three-volume series presents in-depth case studies of five cities that received funding from The Wallace Foundation to improve out-of-school-time program provision: Providence, Boston, New York City, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.

Sep 27, 2010
Report

Report

Coordination Efforts Could Boost After-School Programming

Coordinating the work of the many different institutions involved in after-school activities—including schools, nonprofits and municipal agencies like parks and libraries—holds the promise of making programs better and more accessible to urban children and teens who need them.

Sep 13, 2010
Report

Report

Hours of Opportunity, Volume 2: The Power of Data to Improve After-School Programs Citywide

The second in this three-volume series describes how Wallace Foundation grantees and three other cities used management information systems to collect and use data on out-of-school-time programs, including enrollment, attendance, and outcomes.

Sep 13, 2010
Report

Charter School Students in Chicago Enjoy Better Graduation, College Entry Rates

Chicago's multi-grade charter high schools (those serving students in grades 7-12, 6-12 or K-12) appear to improve their students' chances of graduating and attending college, as compared with the city's traditional public high schools.

Mar 13, 2009
News Release

News Release

Charter School Students in Chicago Enjoy Better Graduation, College Entry Rates

Chicago's multi-grade charter high schools (those serving students in grades 7-12, 6-12 or K-12) appear to improve their students' chances of graduating and attending college, as compared with the city's traditional public high schools.

May 7, 2008
Report

Report

An Investigation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birthweight in Chicago Neighborhoods

Differences in the mean birth weight of infants born to non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and Mexican-origin Hispanic mothers (of any race) in Chicago in 1990.

Jan 1, 2003
Report

Report

Delinquency Prevention in South Chicago: A Fifty-Year Assessment of the Chicago Area Project

This report examines the Chicago Area Project (CAP) from a historical and a contemporary perspective. The first part describes the CAP's founding and analyzes the process through which it was established and the operation of its prevention programs.

Jan 1, 1984
Report

Report

The Chicago Area Project Revisited

This Note analyzes the implementation and the operations of one of the pioneering ventures in delinquency prevention in the early 20th century, the Chicago Area Project.

Jan 1, 1983
Report

Report

The Connection Between Migration and Welfare Dependency in the Chicago Metropolitan Area.

The Connection Between Migration and Welfare Dependency in the Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Jan 1, 1973

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