Results for America

Mar 2

Making the Most of American Rescue Plan Dollars

The Treasury Department wants data and evidence of program effectiveness to drive states’ American Rescue Plan spending strategies. Here’s what that looks like. By Pete Bernardy and Kristine Goodwin One year after passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, federal funds are helping states recover from the COVID-19 pandemic —…

American Rescue Plan

6 min read

Published in What Works Cities Economic Mobility Initiative

·Mar 1

Four ways to make data work better for residents

By Jen Tolentino If you’re reading this and you work in local government, chances are you already know the importance of data. You might also feel pressure to do more with data: generate more, analyze more, report more. …

Economic Mobility

8 min read

Four ways to make data work better for residents

Published in City Budgeting for Equity & Recovery

·Feb 28

Charting an Equitable Future

Twenty-eight cities came together during a time of crisis, determined to challenge the status quo and build more equitable and resilient…

Equity

2 min read

Published in What Works Cities Economic Mobility Initiative

·Feb 22

Roots and Wings: How local governments are investing in people and neighborhoods

By Jen Tolentino and Sophie Bergmann The neighborhood a child grows up in profoundly impacts their economic outcomes in adulthood. Zip code level data underscores this point, as does the lived experience of residents, who often feel they must leave their neighborhood to find better opportunities. Of course, neighborhoods aren’t…

Economic Mobility

8 min read

Roots and Wings: How local governments are investing in people and neighborhoods

Published in What Works Cities Economic Mobility Initiative

·Feb 17

Building Better Connections

By Zach Markovits, Jen Tolentino, and Sophie Bergmann Government moves at the speed of trust — and yet, public trust in government has declined dramatically since the 1960s. …

Economic Mobility

8 min read

Dec 9, 2021

A Next-Generation Definition of “Evidence-Based”

Since Congress codified it in 2016, the multi-tiered definition of “evidence-based” in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has helped advance the use of data and evidence to drive continuous improvement in education. Now, it’s time to continuously improve the definition itself. Results for America is excited to announce a…

Education

6 min read

A Next-Generation Definition of “Evidence-Based”

Dec 2, 2021

5 Ways Governments Can Make the American Rescue Plan Work for All

By Nichole Dunn, Zachary Markovits, and Jen Tolentino For cities and states still coping with the health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal relief money has helped avert some painful decisions on budget cuts. But if state, local, and tribal officials take a business-as-usual approach to the American…

Data

7 min read

5 Ways Governments Can Make the American Rescue Plan Work for All

Dec 2, 2021

3 Ways the Economic Mobility Catalog Can Unlock the Power of the American Rescue Plan

By Nichole Dunn, Ross Tilchin and Isaac Velez The American Rescue Plan (ARP) gives state, local, and tribal governments a unique opportunity to not only recover from the pandemic, but to address deeply entrenched inequities that have made the American Dream seem out of reach for many. Even before the…

Data

5 min read

3 Ways the Economic Mobility Catalog Can Unlock the Power of the American Rescue Plan

Nov 22, 2021

16 Ways State Education Agencies Are Using Federal Relief Funds to Invest in Data, Evidence, and Continuous Improvement

“We’re experimenting at scale but we need to match that with continuous improvement at scale.” Over the summer, State Education Agency (SEA) officials worked hard to map out their intentions for using the unprecedented federal stimulus funding to meet students’ and schools’ unprecedented needs. We have reviewed the 46 SEA…

Evidence

7 min read

Nov 12, 2021

How Can State and Local Governments Use Evidence-Informed Approaches to Improve Job Quality?

By Brianna Murphy Most American workers have suffered from income inequality and wage stagnation over the last several decades. People of color continue to experience the most significant wage gaps and are bearing the brunt of economic and health risks during the pandemic. Recently, the media has highlighted employers that…

Data

13 min read

How Can State and Local Governments Use Evidence-Informed Approaches to Improve Job Quality?