Your monthly news & updates:
Feb.
2016

Dear Subscriber,

We are pleased to share with you news on our latest work in policy research and evaluations. Among other noteworthy news and updates, this issue of the Newsletter highlights recent activity related to our Two-Generation research, in addition to highlighting the publication of a joint RMC-Workers Defense Project study on the effects of employer-aimed tax incentives on employment and wages for Texas workers.

The Ray Marshall Center envisions a world where sound, responsible policies and programs advance human potential and increase prosperity prospects for all.

Thank you for your interest.

Heath J. Prince, PhD,  Director

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Highlights from our two-generation research

The Ray Marshall Center website will soon be hosting shared resources, presentations, and committee minutes for two-generation partners in the Austin area. We are continually building on this space, so check back often!
RMC and Workers Defense Project hold press release for latest report

The Ray Marshall Center, in collaboration with the Workers Defense Project, co-sponsored a press release of their report  The Failed Promise of the Texas Miracle: Corporate Subsidies in the Lone Star State in February.  RMC Research Associate Dan O'Shea and Director Dr. Heath Prince joined researchers at the Workers Defense Project in examining whether or not tax subsidies and other corporate incentives have improved or worsened economic- and education-related inequalities faced by working Texas families.

The Failed Promise of the Texas Miracle
Dr. King promotes two-generation programs to Dallas partners

RMC Senior Research Scientist Dr. Christopher King presented The Promise of Two-Generation Anti-poverty Strategies to ChildCareGroup and other Dallas partners in January. Recent evidence suggests that Dallas may be well-suited to continue two-generation research.

Dr. King's Presentation
Review of Radical Political Economics publishes Dr. Prince's book review

RMC Director Dr. Heath Prince's book review of  The Political Economy of Development: The World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research was published by Sage Journal's Review of Radical Political Economics in January. Dr. Prince's review offers acclaim and criticism of the book considered by many to be essential reading for policymakers and scholars interested in The World Bank's approach to policy and development research.

Dr. Prince's Review
Dr. King discusses sectoral and career pathway strategies in Oklahoma City

RMC Senior Research Scientist Dr. Christopher King presented Moving Sectoral and Career Pathway Strategies from Promise to Scale to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services in February. The presentation, based on a chapter co-authored by RMC Director Dr. Heath Prince, is part of a practice and policy lecture series sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Dr. King discussed recent successes and challenges from RMC career pathway program evaluations around the nation, as well as offered recommendations for scaling effectively.

Dr. King's Presentation
Dr. Prince returns from Middle East and Northern Africa

Our Director, Dr. Heath Prince, just returned from a research project in the Middle East and Northern Africa for the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Stay tuned for details on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Ms. Patnaik reviews Project GROW for AEA in Chicago

RMC Social Science Research Associate Ashweeta Patnaik presented at the American Evaluation Association's Annual Conference in Chicago in November . In a multi-paper panel, Ms.Patnaik shared an evaluator's perspective on "Using Integrated Data Systems for Multi-Site Evaluations."  Ms. Patnaik shared the benefits, challenges, and lessons learned in utilizing such an integrated data system during the RMC's mixed-method multi-site evaluation of Project GROW, an accelerated skills training program spanning the Texas-Mexico border, sponsored by the US Department of Labor's Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF).

Ms. Patnaik's Abstract
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