Charles E. Lewis Jr., Ph.D Archive
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) by three Harvard economists provides conclusive evidence that the Moving to Opportunity experiment worked. Prior research failed to document any significant economic gains for older children and adults …
Fifty social work leaders and scholars gathered last year in Chicago to discuss ways to maximize social work’s effectiveness in health care delivery in the wake of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148). The …
Tuesday night I attended the third annual McSilver Institute Awards ceremony held in the Fisher Building of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Supporters gathered from various parts of the United States and from several other countries to celebrate another successful …
In an issue brief from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, policy analyst Nick Bunker weighed in on the ongoing debate about marginal tax rates and economic growth. He points to research by economists Thomas Piketty of the Paris School …
"She has been longtime advocate for less fortunate children with the Children’s Defense Fund. We are nearly 800,000 strong and strategically located in NASW chapters and social work schools throughout the nation. We are the ground troops, the …
Mildred “Mit” Joyner has thrown her hat into the ring seeking the vice presidency of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). The former president and board chair of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) recently retired from academia …
The Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers will be holding its Third Annual Macro Social Work Conference on Friday, April 24, 2015 at the Maritime Institute, 692 Maritime Boulevard, Linthicum, MD 21090. The all-day forum will feature …
About a hundred stalwart citizens will begin their march to justice today with a planned arrival in Washington, DC on Monday, April 22nd and a full day of activities in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, April 23rd. The march is …
I would venture to say most social workers have little or no knowledge about the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young Social Work Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1466) that has been sitting dormant in the House Committee on Education and …
More than 1200 South African social workers packed the auditorium at the Durban International Convention Centre Tuesday, March 24th for South Africa’s first Social Work Indaba. The event, sponsored by the Department of Social Development (DSD) which is somewhat akin …
