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The role of state policy in promoting college affordability
The role of state policy in promoting college affordability
A pension “crisis” mentality won’t help
A pension “crisis” mentality won’t help
Linking Social and Emotional Learning Standards to the Social-Emotional Competency Assessment (SECA)
Linking Social and Emotional Learning Standards to the Social-Emotional Competency Assessment (SECA)
Improving tax increment financing (TIF) for economic development
Improving tax increment financing (TIF) for economic development
Using 21st-century cameras to gather full-day/full-week streams of video in preschool classrooms with minimal disruption
Using 21st-century cameras to gather full-day/full-week streams of video in preschool classrooms with minimal disruption
Who owns educational products that are developed with public dollars, and the rights to distribute them?
Who owns educational products that are developed with public dollars, and the rights to distribute them?
New Insights Regarding the Reliability and Validity of the CLASS Pre-K, a Measure Being Used in High-Stakes Policy Monitoring of Early Childhood Classroom
New Insights Regarding the Reliability and Validity of the CLASS Pre-K, a Measure Being Used in High-Stakes Policy Monitoring of Early Childhood Classroom
How Can Teachers Best Support Young Children’s Emotional Competence?
How Can Teachers Best Support Young Children’s Emotional Competence?
The use of business property tax incentives in Cook County, Illinois
The use of business property tax incentives in Cook County, Illinois
Illinois Economic Review – Feb 2018
Illinois Economic Review – Feb 2018
Rethinking high-stakes use of observational measures of preschool quality
Rethinking high-stakes use of observational measures of preschool quality
No Magic Bullet: Constructing a Roadmap for Illinois Fiscal Sustainability
No Magic Bullet: Constructing a Roadmap for Illinois Fiscal Sustainability
The Geography of Family Differences and Intergenerational Mobility
The Geography of Family Differences and Intergenerational Mobility
Productivity, impact, and collaboration differences between transdisciplinary and traditionally trained  doctoral students: A comparison of publication patterns
Productivity, impact, and collaboration differences between transdisciplinary and traditionally trained doctoral students: A comparison of publication patterns
Tools to assess budgetary concerns
Tools to assess budgetary concerns
The Feds giveth and the Feds taketh away
The Feds giveth and the Feds taketh away
Latino immigrants, depressive symptoms, and cognitive behavioral therapy: A systematic review
Latino immigrants, depressive symptoms, and cognitive behavioral therapy: A systematic review
First you stop digging: Projections of Illinois’ fiscal imbalance and paths to remedy it
First you stop digging: Projections of Illinois’ fiscal imbalance and paths to remedy it
Budget Enforcement Mechanisms
Budget Enforcement Mechanisms
Feasibility and validity of a statistical adjustment to reduce self-report bias of height and weight in wave 1 of the Add  Health study
Feasibility and validity of a statistical adjustment to reduce self-report bias of height and weight in wave 1 of the Add Health study
Passing health care costs to employees
Passing health care costs to employees
The Illinois ‘Financial Condition Penalty’ Continues to Grow
The Illinois ‘Financial Condition Penalty’ Continues to Grow
Additional evidence to help inform Illinois’ child care system
Additional evidence to help inform Illinois’ child care system
Consequences of Inaction
Consequences of Inaction
Illinois Still in the ‘Financial Condition Penalty’ Box
Illinois Still in the ‘Financial Condition Penalty’ Box
Improving budgetary practices in Illinois
Improving budgetary practices in Illinois
Racial residential segregation and the housing search process
Racial residential segregation and the housing search process
Wind power: An opportunity for Illinois
Wind power: An opportunity for Illinois
Immigration ambivalence in suburbia
Immigration ambivalence in suburbia
Efficiency and distributional effects of Illinois gas taxes
Efficiency and distributional effects of Illinois gas taxes
The Illinois Report 2014
The Illinois Report 2014
Summary of unanswered questions regarding infant mortality during adult-infant bedsharing
Summary of unanswered questions regarding infant mortality during adult-infant bedsharing
U.S. Clean Power Plan provides opportunity for significant cuts in state budget deficits
U.S. Clean Power Plan provides opportunity for significant cuts in state budget deficits
Broad interests, narrow interests, and the politics of the budgetary process
Broad interests, narrow interests, and the politics of the budgetary process
Interactions among multiple partial budget solutions
Interactions among multiple partial budget solutions
Public opinion and political viability of budget tools
Public opinion and political viability of budget tools
How do childcare centers and preschools weather funding disruptions?
How do childcare centers and preschools weather funding disruptions?
Foreclosing on community
Foreclosing on community
Cap-and-Trade for Illinois?
Cap-and-Trade for Illinois?
Business taxes
Business taxes
Increasing the cigarette tax
Increasing the cigarette tax
Overview of the economic and fiscal situation in Illinois
Overview of the economic and fiscal situation in Illinois
A permit trading program for carbon dioxide (Cap and Trade)
A permit trading program for carbon dioxide (Cap and Trade)
Q & A: The Affordable Care Act in Illinois
Q & A: The Affordable Care Act in Illinois
Illinois Still Has Serious Fiscal Problems after December 2013 Pension Law Changes
Illinois Still Has Serious Fiscal Problems after December 2013 Pension Law Changes
Temporary taxes
Temporary taxes
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #5
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #5
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #4
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #4
Six simple steps
Six simple steps
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #3
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #3
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #2
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #2
Differential response to child abuse and neglect in Illinois
Differential response to child abuse and neglect in Illinois
Revisiting redistricting
Revisiting redistricting
Public Policies to Increase Hospital Competition, Improve Quality of Inpatient Care and Lower Health Care Costs
Public Policies to Increase Hospital Competition, Improve Quality of Inpatient Care and Lower Health Care Costs
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #1
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #1
Child care food subsidies
Child care food subsidies
Playful learning in early childhood
Playful learning in early childhood
Illinois Pension Puzzle
Illinois Pension Puzzle
Lessons Learned from Census 2010
Lessons Learned from Census 2010
Latinos in Illinois
Latinos in Illinois
Some implications of the 2008 election: Three brief observations
Some implications of the 2008 election: Three brief observations
Public pension plans: myths and realities for state budgets
Public pension plans: myths and realities for state budgets
The property tax bound
The property tax bound
Racial prejudice and attitudes toward affirmative action
Racial prejudice and attitudes toward affirmative action
Misinformation and the currency of democratic citizenship
Misinformation and the currency of democratic citizenship
Affirmative action and the politics of realignment
Affirmative action and the politics of realignment

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