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Abell Reports are commissioned reports by subject matter experts, academics, and investigative journalists that provide studies of selected issues on the public agenda.
These projects – undertaken with grant funding by academics and nonprofit research and advocacy organizations – advance learning on issues key to Baltimore City.
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Everyone agrees that teens need more sleep. So why does school start so early? This report examines the research on school start times and the implications for students in Baltimore City.
Our 2023 Annual Report highlights the work of organizations across the city that are dedicated to addressing the complex challenges many of our neighbors face and of the great potential they hold.
In 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a consent decree for the Baltimore Police Department, mandating wide-ranging reforms. In a pair of companion reports, researchers from the University of Maryland examine the current state of community-police relations and how certain initiatives could help to improve them.
In May 2016, the Healthy Harbor initiative of the Waterfront Partnership released its third annual Report Card, with funding providing by the Abell Foundation and other partners.
For housing Baltimore City teachers, building community, and setting a model for creative, purpose-built development that is now being adopted nationwide.
More than half of Baltimore’s renters live in housing they cannot afford, and the situation is only getting worse.
What if we gave families who wish to do so a chance to send their children to higher performing schools in more affluent neighborhoods?
Future journalists investigate health care disparities in West Baltimore.
Header photo courtesy of Venture for America.
