Episode 8: Tackling Inequality in America - One Foundation's Approach

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English - October 30, 2018 17:40 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
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How do we move from understanding inequality to actually reducing inequality? According to Dr. Adam Gamoran, President of the William T. Grant Foundation, we should examine the responses to inequality - and not just its causes - to determine which programs and policies really work. In addition, we need to create incentives for researchers to ask questions whose answers are relevant to the pressing issues facing our most vulnerable populations.