Research

Education Labs
A study released today demonstrates individualized, intensive (or “high-dosage”) tutoring can double or triple the amount of math high school students learn each year, increase student grades, and reduce math and non-math course failures.
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Professor Christopher Berry and the Center for Municipal Finance have completed a nationwide analysis revealing that property taxes are inequitable.
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A new study from University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Profs. Christopher Berry and Anthony Fowler challenges assumptions about leadership.
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Americans who lived near chapters of the far-right Proud Boys organization were more likely to have attended the Jan. 6 rally that turned into a riot on the U.S. Capitol, according to a new research from a University of Chicago scholar.
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The pledge for EV-powered fleets leaves a question unanswered: How much are consumers actually driving them?
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The study recommends an immediate return to the Obama Administration’s approach paired with a more appropriate discount rate that together would produce a social cost of $125 per ton of carbon.