What We’re Learning

What We’re Learning

We believe that a community of creative problem-solvers, faced with complicated, seemingly intractable challenges, is well-served by thought-provoking, research-based information and analysis. We support the development and dissemination of research in two ways:

Abell Reports

Abell Reports are commissioned reports by subject matter experts, academics, and investigative journalists that provide studies of selected issues on the public agenda.

Abell-Supported Research

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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    Featured Reports

    Abell Report: License to Work

    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.

    Abell Report: Beyond the Headlines

    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.

    Photo courtesy of the Goucher Prison Education Partnership.

    2024 Annual Report

    A reflection on the promising new approaches and new resources that have been brought to bear in the last decade.

    Publications Library

    Abell Salutes: Open Society Institute (OSI)

    A world-wide philanthropy that is making a difference locally. “We are a foundation in a hurry.”

    Leave Your Car Where You Parked It

    Get from the Inner Harbor to Inner Harbor East, Fells Point and Canton in about 20 minutes on SMRTram — with fun stops along the way.

    2001 Annual Report

    This annual report provides an overview of the initiatives and themes that emerged in 2001, and spotlights the inspiring people and programs that led this important work in Baltimore.

    Abell Salutes: ACORN

    For strengthening neighborhoods house by house, and helping renters become homeowners.

    Baltimore City Community College at the Crossroads

    How remedial education and other impediments to graduation are affecting the mission of the college.

    Header photo courtesy of Venture for America.