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

    Maryland and Pension Fund Would Be Well Served by Investing Modest Percent of Fund Into Venture Capital

    Benefits: high return, reduction of risk through diversification, enrichment of economic development. Delegates have opportunity with “Resolution No. 25.”

    A Growing Inequality

    A report on the financial condition of the Baltimore City Public Schools.

    University-Affiliated High-Tech Business Incubators

    An idea for creating jobs, reducing failure, strengthening Maryland’s economy.

    Abell Salutes: The “Writing to Learn” Program of the Maryland Writing Project

    “Mentoring” as a Technique of Enrichment in the Public Schools

    What is it? What does it cost? How much risk is it taking out of our ”at-risk” students? The history, reality and hope.

    Header photo courtesy of Venture for America.