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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
Low-Rise Multifamily and Housing Supply: A Case Study of Seattle
March 18, 2025 | Tobias Peter, Edward J. Pinto, and Joseph S. Tracy
Trump Should Put an End to Rent Control
March 17, 2025 | Howard Husock
A Historic Opportunity for Higher Education Reform
March 14, 2025 | Beth Akers
Two Charts Show Why a Trade War Over Fentanyl Doesn’t Make Sense
March 13, 2025 | Kevin Corinth
Trends in Net College Tuition and Financial Aid, 1990–2020
March 13, 2025 | Preston Cooper
Housing Roadblocks: Paving a New Way to Address Affordability
March 13, 2025 | Edward L. Glaeser
An Evaluation of Cost Saving Reforms of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
March 11, 2025 | Kevin Corinth
Many Children Left Behind: The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress Results Indicate a Five-Alarm Fire
March 10, 2025 | Mark Schneider
A Model for Effective and Reasonable Work Requirements
March 4, 2025 | Scott Wetzler and Anthony Coles
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