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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.
It’s a whole new ballgame for Baltimore City Public School kids. The idea is to keep averages up–in the classroom as well as on the field.
To meet the need for scientists and engineers, many states are establishing residential math-science high schools. With Maryland’s vision for its future focused on science and engineering, is it time for Maryland, too, to have a residential math-science high school?
Students who could only dream of being college bound, thanks to CollegeBound, really are.
Deconcentration holds the promise of not only helping the poor; but also the suburbs they move into; and the cities they move out of.
Header photo courtesy of Venture for America.
