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Op-Ed
AI in K–12: A New Year Reality Check for School Leaders
…of Gemini-powered, AI tools. Roughly 700,000 U.S. teachers use MagicSchool, an AI platform that automates tasks such as lesson planning, creating materials, writing and grading assessments. And if you ask…
Commentary
Major Changes Coming to SNAP in 2026
…immediate changes to eligibility determination and quality control operations across states, such as increased scrutiny of documentation submitted by participants, more frequent and reliable matches to income data, and increased…
Blog Post
The “Upward Mobility Act” Seeks to Overcome Benefit Cliffs
…Sen. John Husted (R-OH) and matching House legislation offered by Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT). Their “Upward Mobility Act” encourages states to test reforms addressing benefit cliffs and other impediments to recipients’ working…
Op-Ed
AI Changes NOTHING About What Students Need to Learn
…president of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, explained in “The Seven Steps to Becoming a 21st Century School or District,” what really matters are “the 4C’s”—“Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration,…
Article
Has Marriage Fallen Because Young Adults Can’t Afford Homes?
…with anecdotes. Conclusion It matters a lot for important questions of policy which is closer to the truth: economic factors, such as the cost of homeownership, are depressing marriage; or…
Op-Ed
A Bipartisan Step Toward Smarter College Accountability
…a cost. The new accountability system measures one side of the value equation—how much graduates earn—while ignoring the other side—how much they paid to get there. That omission matters. A…
Blog Post
The China Shock, Revisited (Again)
…level, job losses and job gains were pretty much balanced over the full 20-year period. The stories we tell ourselves matters. And there’s nothing wrong with that—at last if we…
Blog Post
AI Has Come for K–12 Education
The age of AI has come for K–12 education. A September 2025 RAND survey found that 54 percent of K–12 students indicated they used AI for school, up more than 15 percentage…
Commentary
What To Do About Benefit Cliffs?
…will help those capable of working get the help they need, without preventing them from working their way up the income ladder. Angela Rachidi and Matt Weidinger are both Rowe…
Report
Stranded by the Safety Net: How to Fix the Benefit Cliff Problem
Key Points The safety net for low-income families aims to offer temporary and targeted assistance so that, among other things, work-capable individuals and families can achieve their economic goals. Too…
Blog Post
The Real Math of Survival?
Earlier today (much earlier…) I posted a critique of the new viral post by Michael W. Green claiming that families with less than $140,000 in income should be considered to be in poverty. That…
Op-Ed
How Not to Redefine Poverty
…means roughly two-thirds of Americans are poor. It is…The Worst Poverty Analysis I Have Ever Seen. (And I’ve read Matthew Desmond!) Much of the essay involves other arguments about middle-class expenses, and…