Supporting Student Re-Engagement: A Qualitative Exploration of the First Year Implementation of Back to Our Future

This policy brief outlines the first year of implementation of Back to Our Future (B2OF), a state-funded, district-led, evidence-informed effort to re-engage disconnected students at an elevated risk for gun violence involvement.

This research paper examines the impact of administrative burden on the effectiveness of public social programs for young people, specifically summer jobs programs.

This research paper addresses the challenges of scaling up and replicating successful human capital interventions due to two key sources of variability: differences in the treatment itself and changes in the target population.

This research paper presents the results of two randomized field experiments, which both involved offering supported summer job opportunities to different groups of young people in Chicago.