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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.
As gambling grows in popularity, income-hungry jurisdictions across America are increasingly viewing casino gambling as a panacea: a way to boost tax revenues, reverse downward job trends, and to attract tourism.
Students have fun mapping their way to expanded knowledge of geography.
The cornerstone of Baltimore’s economic development during the burgeoning 1970s was its ability to leverage federal, state, and private resources; today, even though those resources are scarce, Baltimore spends little of the federal funds that are available for job creating and tax producing activities. Is a reallocation needed?
For young people in East Baltimore, a school away from school, a home away from home–and for many, a family where there is no family.
67 percent of Maryland’s start-up technology-related businesses say they have a need for financing not available through banks. There are proven solutions–if there is political will.
Header photo courtesy of Venture for America.
