Last month, 7 graduate students from the McCourt School stepped into the roles of foundation board trustees and awarded $23K to 5 local DC based nonprofits working to advance racial, economic and social justice. Read more: cpnl.georgetown.edu/georgetown-uni…

Congratulations to Courtney O'Donnell, founding member of the McCourt Advisory Board, on her confirmation as the U.S. Permanent Representative to UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳! We wish her success in this role and look forward to welcoming her back to the board after her service. mccourt.georgetown.edu/mccourt-school…

📅On 5/21: Join Center on Health Insurance Reforms for the third policy briefing in their series on the Future of Employer-Sponsored Insurance, which will explore solutions to the healthcare affordability crisis.

Registration is open now! bit.ly/3wg18c2

At tonight’s McCourt Awards Ceremony, students, faculty and community leaders will be recognized for their meaningful contributions to our school. Thank you, changemakers! 💙

What is the dynamic and complex role of AI in public policy? On May 20, join Massive Data Institute (MDI) for a discussion on how AI can transform government services and play within workflows. RSVP: mdi.georgetown.edu/news/event-ai-…

One of my favorite reports every year.

Which members of Congress are the most and least bipartisan?

⁦McCourt School⁩ and ⁦The Lugar Center⁩ have your answer! mccourt.georgetown.edu/news/bipartisa…

In one of the country’s longest running universal pre-K programs, alumni were 12 percentage points more likely to be enrolled in college than nonalumni. More from McCourt School’s William Gormley in #NASBEStandard . More: ow.ly/Hiw250REtMJ

A new op-ed from Liz Cohen, policy director at FutureEd, explores a work-study solution that could bring thousands of tutors to our nation’s schools and jumpstart lagging student performance. Learn more:
hechingerreport.org/opinion-sendin…

In this NEW lesson, students will hear from UCIEducation's Greg Duncan, McCourt School's Harry J. Holzer, and NU Sociology's Mary Pattillo about a recent report from National Academies on reducing intergenerational poverty: c-span.org/classroom/docu….

#GovChat #APGov #SSChat #Poverty

'Time will tell if these signs of a cooling job market will be sustained in the late spring and summer months,' writes McCourt Professor Harry J. Holzer on the April Jobs Report for Forbes. Take a look at his analysis here: forbes.com/sites/harryhol…

Higher education in low- and middle-income countries

Last month on VoxDevTalks, Jishnu Das McCourt School told Tim Phillips that “the demographic dividend seems to be turning into a demographic nightmare” + what researchers & policymakers can do about it: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…