Abell report

According to a new Abell Foundation report, encouraging Baltimore police officers to live in the city could help reduce crime. Yet the report found that nearly 72 percent of employees of the Baltimore Police Department live outside of the city. Our guest: the report’s author, Matt Van Itallie, on why so many officers chose to live in the suburbs and how providing housing incentives could help lower the crime rate.

What will it take to make real progress in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay? After decades of broken promises, is the federal government's new push going to be enough to finally make a difference? Dan and Midday contributor Rona Kobell, of the Bay Journal, speak with Rena Steinzor,  co-author of "Getting Serious About Saving the Chesapeake Bay," February Abell Foundation report, which examines efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency and bay states to improve the health of the Chesapeake.

Would Baltimore's poorest school children catch up to their suburban peers if they went to school with them? Studies indicate that children from poor families get better grades if they live and attend public schools in more affluent areas. It happened in Montgomery County. An Abell Foundation report looks at Montgomery's pioneering requirement that developers set aside a portion of the homes they build for rent or sale at below-market prices.