Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion

Making Education Work for the Poor, The Potential of Children's Savings Accounts

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