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Going for Broke: Middle Class Families

Elizabeth Warren

December 4, 2003

Elizabeth Warren anchors a panel on modern-day home economics.

RealTalk: Strapped in Boston

February 2, 2006

Tamara Draut, author and director of Economic Opportunity, discusses her book, Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead, which offers a groundbreaking look at the new obstacle course facing young adults (the under 35 crowd) as they try to build careers, buy homes and star

Minor League Baseball and Urban Revitalization

Charles Steinberg

November 4, 2005

Panelists discuss what minor league baseball teams bring to their host communities, and what it takes to get them there.

Getting to Graduation: Supporting Students to Mastery

In March 2003, the Rennie Center sponsored a public event to discuss the Commonwealth's strategy for supporting students in the Class of 2003 who would not graduate because they failed MCAS.

Assets, Race and Social Mobility

Thomas Shapiro asks whether inequality in assets, particularly racial inequality, stymie social mobility. According to Shapiro, wealth is a special form of money.

Labor-Management Relations in Public Education

December 1, 2003

In this discussion of student-centered decision making, officials from Rochester, NY and Worcester, MA discuss how to put traditional biases aside and agree to living contracts, benchmarked teacher salaries and common standards of accountability.

Paying for College: Rising Cost of Higher Education

Bridget Terry Long

Bridget Terry Long discusses the results of her recent research on the rising cost of higher education in New England with a panel of higher education experts. Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the New England Council.