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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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Thousands of Baltimore jobseekers struggle to secure and retain employment because they do not possess reliable personal transportation. This report examines how barriers, such as driver’s license requirements, vehicle ownership costs, and spatial employment and transit patterns, prevent Baltimore residents from accessing stable employment opportunities.
As the city celebrates historic reductions in gun violence, the media continues to broadcast headlines warning of crime by city youths ages 17 and younger. This report analyzes data available from key entities engaged with crimes charged to young people.
A reflection on the promising new approaches and new resources that have been brought to bear in the last decade.
Do KIPP and Crossroads schools offer solutions to the city’s poorly-performing middle schools?
This report identifies and discusses the important public policy issues, including possible legal issues, embodied in the plan recommendations.
For effecting quantum leaps in the cognitive development of at-risk children.
A cultural conflict is simmering in public housing, between longtime
and elderly residents and younger disabled residents. The issues are
security, lifestyle differences, safety—and ineffective communication.
How to fix the power breakdown and pave the way to innovation, efficiency, and competitive rates.
Header photo courtesy of Venture for America.
