August 12, 2026
The Misleading Narrative About the ‘Hollowing Out’ of the Middle Class
The prevailing media narrative after years of mounting economic inequality is that the middle class…
July 30, 2026
Rethinking Predatory Student Lending
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended the Grad PLUS loan program for new borrowers and…
July 20, 2026
Student Loan Policy Uncertainty Has Real Costs
To put it mildly, opinions varied on whether the Biden administration’s student loan policies—namely its…
June 25, 2026
Capping Student Loan Interest Would Cost Billions, Help Well-off Borrowers
Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced on Wednesday that she would file a discharge petition on her proposal,…
May 14, 2026
Education Scorecard Looks Beyond Recovery
This week, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University and the Educational…
April 29, 2026
Chairman Smith Is Right About the Need for a Site-Neutral Policy in Medicare
At a hearing convened this week by the House Ways and Means Committee, Chairman Jason…
April 6, 2026
States Should Consider Earnings Outcomes for Workforce Pell Programs
Workforce Pell Grants are coming this year, helping to level the playing field between traditional…
March 26, 2026
Refocusing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on Achieving Deep Cost Reductions
Spending on Medicare and Medicaid is pushing the federal budget to the breaking point, but, in…
March 24, 2026
Young Men Aren’t Checked Out. We’ve Closed the Paths That Once Guided Them
For the better part of a decade, a familiar narrative has taken hold: Young men…
March 3, 2026
Tariffs Cannot Fully Replace the Income Tax
During his State of the Union Address, President Donald Trump restated his desire to replace income taxes…
March 2, 2026
The Mirage of “Pro-Worker AI” via Public Policy
Calls for governments to push “pro-worker AI” sound appealing. The idea is simple: If policymakers…
February 25, 2026
States Are Taking the Reins on College Accountability
Last year’s budget reconciliation legislation, more commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB),…