May 2008
Higher Ground awarded the 2007 Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations . This prize is awarded annually by theIndustrial Relations Section at Princeton University.

December 2007
New Hope author Greg Duncan, with members of the New Hope team, call for a national program modeled on New Hope to address the growing ranks of the working poor. The policy paper is part of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project.

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October 12, 2007
Editorial: We Need the Courage to do What Works
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel features New Hope in editorial on reducing child poverty
(if link is no longer availble, click here for PDF)

September 25 , 2007
New Hope author Tom Weisner argues that a higher minimum wage alone cannot address the multiple problems that working-poor families face with child care, health and other issues. See op ed in UCLA Today.

February 28, 2007
Listen to an interview with Higher Ground author Greg Duncan who describes the New Hope project and why it should be a model for such programs nationwide.

January 22, 2007
Read an interview with New Hope Director Julie Kerksick on why New Hope was successful, and how we might alter current antipoverty policies to be more effective.

Jan. 28, 2007, Houston Chronicle
Milwaukee program held up as model. Expert attributes school successes to higher-quality child care offered to pilot families, by JANET ELLIOTT.

Jan 25, 2007, Ascribe press release
Thu Jan 25 10:14:27 2007 Pacific Time
 New Book Shines Light on Successful Anti-Poverty Program: 'Higher Ground' Offers Hopeful Model for State and National Efforts to Assist Working Poor

Monday, January 22, 2007, University of Texas at Austin, press release
New Book Shines Light on Successful Anti-Poverty Program

Speaking Engagements

May 2008

Erikson Institute, Chicago.
Powerpoint presentation here

October 2007

October 15, Georgetown University, Tom Weisner 

October 25 – 27, Cornell University, Tom Weisner

November 2007

November 6, 7:00
Schwartz Bookshop, Greg Duncan reading
2559 North Downer Avenue,
Milwaukee, WI 53211 (at East Webster Place)
Phone: 414-332-1181
email: ondowner@schwartzbooks.com

Nov. 8, Miami of Ohio, Tom Weisner  [details coming soon]

Nov. 13, Penn State, Tom Weisner [details coming soon]