Increasing rent prices have left many families struggling to make ends meet, fearing homelessness or displacement.
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The USC Price Center for Social Innovation brings an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach to social innovation research. Through relevant, rigorous research, Price Center faculty explore a variety of topics that seek to inform and advance new models of equity and opportunity for low-income children and families.
Assessing Affordable and Nutritious Food Programs in City Heights
USC Price
Year: 2013
The work reported here provides information relevant to funding and operational decisionmaking in programs concerned with food insecurity in the City Heights area of San Diego. This report describes the system of organizations and programs that distributes food to families … Continue reading
Incentive Pay Programs Do Not Affect Teacher Motivation and Reported Practices: Results from Three Randomized Studies
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Year: 2013
This study drew on teacher survey responses from randomized experiments exploring three different pay-for-performance programs to examine the extent to which these programs motivated teachers to improve student achievement and the impact of such programs on teachers’ instruction, number of … Continue reading
Recent Trends in Intergovernmental Relations: The Resurgence of Local Actors in Education Policy
Educational Researcher
Year: 2013
In this essay, the authors explore trends in intergovernmental relations (IGR) by analyzing recent education policies—No Child Left Behind Act, Common Core State Standards, and local empowerment policies. Identifying a resurgent role for local actors in education policy, the authors … Continue reading
Offices of Strategic Partnerships: Helping Philanthropy and Government Work Better Together
The Foundation Review
Year: 2013
While philanthropy and government have a history of joining forces to address issues that range from education and public health to economic development, such efforts have often been informal and episodic with a good dose of happenstance. In recent years, … Continue reading
Transportation and Access to Employment in City Heights
Year: 2013
The purpose of this research is to examine accessibility to job opportunities among residents of City Heights. Our research is motivated by several decades of research on the relationship between transportation access to employment and labor market outcomes. The seminal … Continue reading