- Reform must be holistic, comprehensive (what does that mean??)
- Reform must involve direct political change
- Wage structure (not just minimum wage, but compression)
- Job training--but job training as Shipler describes it
- Education
- KIPP--what does it take to change habits, stay up?
- We've discussed 'literacies,' like understanding bureaucracy, institutions, bringing in parents (a la Lareau)
- Other human capital (economic literacy, job searching, etc.) -- avoiding the low-wage labor trap
- Aspirations, expectations (choices, including college)
- Fully funding successful programs (e.g., Head Start, KIPP?)
- Evidence-based practice ...
- Health insurance, housing (again, comprehensive reform)
- Social capital
- Evaluating the assumptions underlying welfare (family type, work ethic, 'family values,' etc.), and o ther more broad issues
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