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April 23, 2025
In Case of Emergency, Open Block Grant: Part 2
…grant allows federal lawmakers to defer to state officials in determining the right policy mix needed to properly match federal funds with local needs. While Republican-led states (which in recent…
April 23, 2025
In Case of Emergency, Open Block Grant: Part 1
Congress’s efforts to produce “one big, beautiful bill” that reflects President Donald Trump’s tax and spending priorities is about to kick into high gear as the House and Senate turn…
April 9, 2025
Measuring and Building Human Leadership in an AI World
…toward dynamic, performance-based assessments that reflect how people lead in real time. Training programs could be better targeted, focusing on developing the communication habits and social reasoning that matter most….
April 8, 2025
Public Support of Health Insurance Enrollment
…their ESI plans than they would get if they were eligible for the ACA’s premium credits. If the support differences were small, it would not matter, but in many cases…
April 4, 2025
How One State Improved Its NAEP Scores
…through school. This cannot continue to be the case. We must go back to teaching foundational skills in math and place a greater emphasis on mathematical fluency. Society talks about…
April 3, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Are a Historic Tax Hike
If implemented, the tariffs announced yesterday by President Trump would constitute the largest tax increase since the 1968 levies to fund the Vietnam War. The details will matter, but my back-of-the-envelope calculation…
April 1, 2025
Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Dangerous Radicalism on Child Welfare
…mayor Eric Adams and former governor Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani has also adopted a platform of terrible ideas. His campaign materials portray him as a Robin Hood candidate, staking out far-left…
April 1, 2025
Did Maltreatment Fatalities in Texas Really Decline?
…that deaths that would have been attributed to maltreatment prior to the law change may not be confirmed as maltreatment today. Further complicating matters, DFPS implemented a new policy in…
March 31, 2025
Reimagining Federal Education R&D: DARPA for Education
…work to improve student achievement is harder. I once estimated that only about 15 percent of the math interventions the Institute of Education Science (IES) supported over many years were…
March 31, 2025
Putting Children First: Child Welfare Priorities for the New Administration
…abuse and mental illness—and material poverty alone. They debated the appropriate balance between federal oversight and state innovation, with some panelists advocating for stronger federal accountability while others cautioned against…