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February 7, 2024
The Past and Future of Education Reform
…when yesterday’s left worked to impose bureaucratic uniformity on the nation’s schools. Rather, we’ll focus on the era of education reform that started in 1983 with the landmark report, A Nation…
February 6, 2024
Research by a Top Biden Administration Economist Reinforces the Importance of Work Incentives in the Child Tax Credit and the Safety Net
…the number of all single mothers (working or not). That is directly opposed to what he says is appropriate in a forthcoming paper that will appear in the National Tax…
February 5, 2024
Why We All Rely On the Organized Kindness of Strangers
…many of the nation’s churches are on fire and might to burn to the ground—metaphorically speaking. But unlike our church, no one notices. Or if they do notice, it’s almost…
January 31, 2024
Perspective: The ‘social workplace’ and why it matters to Zoomers
…— to find their vocation. Working with like-minded individuals on similar causes, topics or problems can allow friendships to form naturally over shared interests and markers of personal identity. This feedback…
January 31, 2024
Long COVID for Public Schools: Chronic Absenteeism Before and After the Pandemic
Key Points Consistent attendance is key to student success, but post-pandemic attendance has been far from consistent. Nationwide, chronic absenteeism—the percentage of students missing at least 10 percent of a…
January 29, 2024
Pandemic Unemployment Fraud in Context: Causes, Costs, and Solutions
Key Points The nation’s unemployment benefits system, which was significantly expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, suffered unprecedented losses to fraud and improper payments. Official—and still partial—estimates of improper payments approach…
January 26, 2024
Please Congress: Make Fiscal Sanity a Priority
…on out-of-control federal spending, reducing the deficit, and bringing down our national debt. And yet, when an obvious opportunity falls in their lap to reduce federal spending, cut the deficit,…
January 25, 2024
On the Front Porch with Brent Orrell and Tony Pipa: A Conversation with Nicholas F. Jacobs
…They considered the book’s central claim, that rural Americans have combined a deep sense of place with increasingly nationalized policy and political concerns to form a distinct voting bloc in…
January 24, 2024
Expanding Housing Supply with Light-Touch Density: City of Seattle Case Study
…Simple Stupid) principle Don’t put all eggs in one basket Complement high-rise Transit-oriented Development with Light-touch Density to also provide naturally affordable homes and wealth building homeownership opportunities. Micro-managing this…
January 24, 2024
It’s National School Choice Week. Democrats: What Do You Think?
This week is National School Choice Week, which makes it a good time to ponder the state of the school choice coalition. During the Clinton–Bush school reform era, broad swaths…