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The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse
April 3, 2025 | Naomi Schaefer Riley and Emily Putnam-Hornstein
Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Dangerous Radicalism on Child Welfare
April 1, 2025 | Naomi Schaefer Riley and Raphael Mangual
Did Maltreatment Fatalities in Texas Really Decline?
April 1, 2025 | Naomi Schaefer Riley and Marie K. Cohen
Reimagining Federal Education R&D: DARPA for Education
March 31, 2025 | Mark Schneider
Putting Children First: Child Welfare Priorities for the New Administration
March 31, 2025 | Naomi Schaefer Riley, Jedd Medefind, Rachel N. Morrison, Darcy Olsen, and Tom Rawlings
Cracking the Code Behind Dismal 8th Grade Reading Scores
March 28, 2025 | Robert Pondiscio
Unfreezing New York’s Projects
March 28, 2025 | Howard Husock
The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid
March 27, 2025 | Scott Winship
How Large Would SNAP Be? Simulating the Size of SNAP Based on Changes to the Unemployment Rate
March 26, 2025 | Angela Rachidi and Thomas O'Rourke
Reimagining Federal Education R&D: IES, Workforce Skills, and State Leadership
March 25, 2025 | Mark Schneider
Tax Abatements: The Best-Kept Secret to Revitalizing Struggling Communities—Without Spending Taxpayer Money
March 24, 2025 | Tobias Peter
The Student Loan Payment Pause Was a Catastrophic Mistake
March 24, 2025 | Preston Cooper
Increasing Financial Aid Isn’t the Solution to High College Costs
March 21, 2025 | Preston Cooper
To Transform K-12 Education, the Trump Administration Should Measure What Matters
March 20, 2025 | Ian Rowe and Goldy Brown III
Poorly Defined: Reforming the Poverty Line | POLICY LENS
March 18, 2025 | Kevin Corinth
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