News

April 2013

April 1st 2013
California's Dominican University responds to Measure of America's A Portrait of Marin with art project on educational inequality →

March 2013

March 11th 2013
Measure of America's One in Seven report expands on previous findings and recommendations for education reform in Arizona, according to a Tucson Sentinel opinion piece →
March 1st 2013
Measure of America codirectors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis write op-ed for Stanford Social Innovation Review on "The State of America's Well-being" →

February 2013

February 7th 2013
Measure of America codirector Sarah Burd-Sharps will speak on higher education standards for a competitive US economy at the World Affairs 2013 conference in San Francisco on March 7 →
February 1st 2013
Measure of America codirector Sarah Burd-Sharps talks to Roll Call about MOA findings in their new State of the Congress infographic →

January 2013

January 31st 2013
State of the Congress 2013, a new infographic from Measure of America, compares the diversity and well-being of the 113th Congress with the United States as a whole →
January 4th 2013
Patrick Guyer, chief statistician for Measure of America, coauthors a piece on "Insights from the Historical SERF Index" in the Nordic Journal of Human Rights, based on the research of the Economic and Social Rights Empowerment Initiative, a collaborative project of the SSRC →

November 2012

November 27th 2012
Measure of America codirectors Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps outline the long-term economic savings that would result from investment in public infrastructure like prisoner education and emergency response systems in a commentary for Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity →
November 2nd 2012
Measure of America has updated One in Seven: Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas, with a closer look at the fifty-five Census-defined neighborhoods of NYC →

October 2012

October 24th 2012
Measure of America research featured in "Health Happens Here," an innovative multimedia exhibit at the California Museum in Sacramento, developed in partnership with the California Endowment →
October 23rd 2012
Measure of America codirector Kristen Lewis describes the diminished economic security of middle-class American families for U.S. News and World Report →
October 22nd 2012
Measure of America codirector Sarah Burd-Sharps talks with WNYC public radio about the extreme highs and lows of youth disconnection in New York City →

September 2012

September 20th 2012
Measure of America releases the 2012 Opportunity Index, an annual snapshot of community opportunity and progress →
September 18th 2012
Richard Florida cites Measure of America findings in a story for the Atlantic on "The Tragic Geography of Disconnected Youth" →
September 14th 2012
Measure of America co-director Sarah Burd-Sharps comments for the Washington Post on new census statistics and the disconnect between economic-recovery data and individual experience →
September 13th 2012
Download One in Seven: Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas, the latest report from Measure of America →

June 2012

June 8th 2012
The Nation draws on Measure of America findings for a story on the Paycheck Fairness Act →

May 2012

May 16th 2012
On NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams cites findings on women's well-being by SSRC's Measure of America →
May 4th 2012
The Bay Citizen spotlights Measure of America analysis on Women's Well-being in San Francisco →
May 1st 2012
New from Measure of America: Women’s Well-Being, a brief that ranks US cities on how women are doing in terms of income, life expectancy, and educational attainment →