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March 27, 2025
The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid
…misunderstands how other countries fund their more expansive safety nets. Looking at how countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) tax their citizens, the United States stands…
March 25, 2025
Reimagining Federal Education R&D: IES, Workforce Skills, and State Leadership
…spurred other states to change, serving as a how-to model for best policies and practices. In Louisiana, a stand-out among the 2024 NAEP results, the governor and state superintendent of education…
March 24, 2025
Tax Abatements: The Best-Kept Secret to Revitalizing Struggling Communities—Without Spending Taxpayer Money
…rules, faster permitting, and cost-effective building standards A meaningful property tax abatement that closes the feasibility gap Increased zoning capacity and flexibility to allow greater density across more areas When…
March 11, 2025
An Evaluation of Cost Saving Reforms of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
…reform proposals. As one example, I show how a combination of elements—expanding work requirements and eliminating the standard deduction and broad based categorical eligibility—can balance the goals of targeting and…
March 3, 2025
It’s Time for Time Limits on Public Housing
Like other Cabinet agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is moving quickly to undo long-standing progressive policies. New HUD Secretary Scott Turner has asserted that the agency is now “DEI-free.” Perhaps even more…
February 27, 2025
How Progressive Policy Distorted the Housing Market
…of The Atlantic, does not directly criticize the assumptions behind such long-standing public policy in his new book, Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Back the Engine of American Opportunity….
February 24, 2025
A Conservative Vision for Higher Education Reform
…addressing inequity. Unintended consequences of higher standards for students and borrowers should be addressed through direct grant aid rather than lower standards. Introduction The year 2019 marked a dramatic turning…
February 20, 2025
The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated
…opinion also consistent with long-run trends in living standards and opportunity? According to populists on the right and left, Americans have seen meager income growth at best. National conservatives like…
February 7, 2025
Low-Performing Students Fall Farther Behind the Pack
…4th graders who fall at the two ends of the NAEP achievement levels: those who are below basic and those who meet (or exceed) proficiency standards. Rather than seeing any…
January 23, 2025
Four College Enrollment Trends to Watch
…four significant trends stand out from the latest NSC data. I explore each of them in turn below. The FAFSA debacle affected enrollment much less than many expected. The Biden administration’s mishandling of…