How can we increase voter participation? (Liz Sablich, Brookings)

In the last U.S. presidential election, only 54 percent of the estimated voting-age population cast a vote. Voter turnout in the U.S. lags almost all other developed, democratic nations. According to the Pew Research Center, the United States ranks 31st among the 35 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development when it comes to voter turnout in national elections.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/10/05/how-can-we-increase-voter-participation/

7 findings that illustrate racial disparities in education (Liz Sablich, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brown-center-chalkboard/posts/2016/06/06-education-disparities-sablich

Helping to level the AP playing field: Why eighth grade math matters more than you think (Liz Sablich, Brookings)

For years, many schools across the U.S. have offered qualified students the ability to take advanced-level courses apart from many of their fellow students in a practice known as tracking. New data released in the 2016 Brown Center Report on American Education shed light on tracking, who it applies to, and its implications for student achievement and equity in American schools.

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Liz Sablich, Brookings. Communications Director, Governance Studies