In the News
Recent Events:
On Nov. 1-2, 2012, the Center on Poverty hosted a conference on The Future of Rigorous Career Technical Education and Work-Based Learning in America. We had a robust, engaging conversation, and we look forward to taking our next steps forward in this area.
Recent Publications:
Harry Holzer, Disconnected Youth: A Policy Priority after the Great Recession, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, September 17, 2012
Peter Edelman, The State of Poverty in America, The American Prospect, June 22, 2012
Harry Holzer, Can The U.S. Produce Good Jobs And Good Workers To Fill Them?, Huffington Post, June 21, 2012
Congratulations to Professor Harry Holzer, who received the 2011 Policy Innovation Prize from the Hamilton Project. The prize was awarded for the best new proposal to create jobs and enhance productivity, based on his paper, Raising Job Quality Skills for American Workers: Creating More Effective Education and Workforce Development Systems in the States.
