Publications

This issue focus shares recommendations for “lived experience” advisory councils, based on the experiences of MDRC staff members and council members.

An MDRC study reveals key strategies to boost part-time student success including tailored programs, campuswide collaboration, employer partnerships, and support services.

Announcing Evidence to Practice, a new approach to technical assistance that draws on 50 years of evidence and collaboration to improve programs and outcomes.

This brief combines expert and staff interviews with insights from published works to describe best practices for summer youth employment programs.

Eight-year findings from a study of the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) academic support programs at three Ohio community colleges.

Formerly incarcerated people in the Center for Employment Opportunities’ Returning Citizens Stimulus (RCS) program had fewer parole violations compared with program nonparticipants.

This report presents findings on Career Impact Bonds, which use income share agreements to promote access to skills training programs.

This brief describes an innovative clean energy training program that aims to improve job placement for eligible individuals with low incomes in New York State.

This study examines how three State University of New York institutions implemented success coaching programs to support online students’ academic experiences.

A program at Westchester Community College based on the City University of New York’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) boosted graduation rates during the pandemic.

This report presents strategies to improve a student support chatbot by incorporating communication best practices and behavioral science principles.

This issue focus describes how New Mexico greatly improved participation in virtual tutoring by moving it into the school day.

This brief presents findings from a qualitative study of Youth Overcoming!, which aims to prevent reincarceration among Los Angeles young people.

Lessons from Fulton County secondary schools (in Georgia) on setting up tutoring sessions with small groups of students at least three times a week.

This issue focus lays out the benefits of investing in pre-K and kindergarten math and describes evidence-backed strategies to do so.

This brief explains how wage supplements, such as bonuses, stipends, or tax credits, can help retain workers in the child care and early education field.

Based on interviews and focus groups, this report offers a nuanced portrayal of the challenges people face when searching for living-wage work in Memphis.

This brief describes the DOORS community hub model, providing adults on probation with supportive services located in the same building as their probation office.

This brief explores the job search experiences and needs of a group of Per Scholas graduates after they completed a sector-based training program.

This report presents early findings from a study to determine whether past effects of a program to prevent substance use in teens can be replicated in today’s context.