The mission of AEDI is to create and study innovations related to asset development, education, and financial inclusion that result in opportunities across the life course for low-income children and families, in the U.S. and around the globe, for the purposes of climbing out of poverty and up the economic ladder.
Willliam Elliott and Melinda Lewis
Uses authors' personal stories to illustrate inequities in education system
Features research conducted with a clear public purpose in mind, in order to increase the relevance and applicability of findings to public policy conversations
Considers how research resonates with people's values and how the proposed policy intervention aligns with American ideals
Discusses an opportunity pipeline that begins at or near birth and extends beyond graduation into young adulthood