Going Back in Time: Progress, or Lack Thereof, Around the Country

Recent Economix posts have referred to the work of the American Human Development Project in discussions centering on the value of the human development index. The folks at Economix have kindly given us an opportunity to share some of our findings.

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Going Back in Time: Progress, or Lack Thereof, Around the Country

May 27, 2009 – The New York Times

Let them eat cake, educationally speaking

May 27, 2009 – Show Me Progress

Improving state’s future rests with more education

May 19, 2009 – NewsOK

We Can Pay for Education Today – or Prisons Tomorrow

A new tool that our organization, the American Human Development Project, developed with United Way illustrates in very concrete terms the nature and extent of the costs we all pay for the terrible inequities that characterize our educational system — the Common Good ForecasterTM. This online web tool uses the most recent official data available on U.S. states and counties to put a human face on the effects of decisions we make as a society. It offers a snapshot of educational outcomes in our communities today and paints a picture of a different tomorrow.

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We Can Pay for Education Today – Or Prisons Tomorrow

May 14, 2009 – Huffington Post

Website estimates education’s effect on health, crime, income

May 13, 2009 – USA Today

Can America Fail?

Spring 2009 – The Wilson Quarterly

The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009

March 19, 2009 – The New England Journal of Medicine

America is #… 15?

March 4, 2009 – The Nation

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