Georgetown Public Policy Review

Established in 1995, the Georgetown Public Policy Review is the McCourt School of Public Policy’s nonpartisan, graduate student-run publication. Our mission is to provide an outlet for innovative new thinkers and established policymakers to offer perspectives on the politics and policies that shape our nation and our world.

The Spring Edition: Disruption

The Spring Edition launched today! Below is the Letter from the Editor introducing the edition. You can read the entire Spring Edition at http://www.gpprspring.com. Two weeks before Brexit, the Editorial Board gathered and wove together the 2017 GPPR theme of Disruption. Dualistic in nature, we wanted to discuss how technologies and business models were changing economic […]

Can Public Preschool Participation Increase Secondary School Completion in Uruguay?

In 1995, the Administración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP), or the National Administration of Public Education, began an ambitious expansion of the public preschool system in Uruguay, making public preschool practically universal by 1999. The aim of this expansion was, in part, to reduce high-grade repetition and dropout rates for students in both primary and […]