All Else Equal: Are public and private schools different? illustrates that, contrary to popular belief, there is no significant difference between the learning outcomes of private vs. public school students.

Dr. Jerry Stein dives into Jane Addams’ settlement house movement and it’s impact on modern day community building.

Kathleen Hirsch argues that for communities to thrive, they must be comprised of people who act more like verbs than nouns.

Unanticipated Gains demonstrates that social capital is built less by people’s deliberate “networking” than by the informal institutional conditions of social connections such as within beauty salons, churches, childcare centers, schools and other organizations where people interact and connect routinely.

The way we think about problems dictates the strategies we use to solve them. But, if our understanding of a problem is based on a misunderstanding, then the solutions we attempt will be ineffective. Cities and urban problems are no different.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities explores how the design of modern cities sets the foundation for maintaining safe, friendly, lively and socially meaningful communities and neighborhoods.

Miles to Go argues that historical poverty reduction methods were effective due to the geographic and familial stability of the population. Therefore, finding nodes of stability could prove helpful in supporting and strengthening the dynamics of modern day families.

Eric Kandel demonstrates that learning occurs even at the cellular level; responding to information from the environment and being able to remember the information in such a way that survival and continuity are enhanced is a fundamental process of living organisms.

Charles Eastman, a Native American writer and physician chronicles his childhood experiences as a native Santee Sioux Indian, illustrating that learning and knowledge is “scrupulously adhered to and transmitted from one generation to another.”