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March 6, 2024
…their income over 225% of the federal poverty level and balances will be forgiven after as little as a decade. Under Biden’s new rules, Urban Institute scholars have calculated that not even…
March 5, 2024
…public discourse. We don’t imagine that the two of us, a couple of education scholars, can do more than make a small contribution on this count. There is, though, at…
March 4, 2024
…of what strong families contribute to society is reflected in Utah policymaking during the 2024 legislative session. For example, lawmakers enacted legislation — informed by scholarship from the Sutherland Institute and the…
February 22, 2024
…of Virginia. Afterward, Dr. Hess asked a panel, including Secretary Guidera and AEI scholars, to reflect on the history and meaning of education in the US, paying particular attention to…
January 26, 2024
…let parents claim eligibility based on current or prior year of earnings. This loosening of income requirements would finance less work by low-income parents according to analysis by AEI scholars. Furthermore, as Heritage’s Robert…
December 13, 2023
…family. Drawing on the work of scholars like Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson—who found that “(f)amily structure is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, predictors of … urban violence…
December 8, 2023
…150 percent) and will have all loan balances forgiven after as little as 10 years. Urban Institute scholars Jason Delisle and Jason Cohn calculate that less than one-third of undergraduate borrowers in…
December 1, 2023
…in itself is more than sufficient to raise fine sons,” said psychologist Peggy Drexler of Cornell University. But in recent years, we have seen a growing recognition from scholars and…
November 27, 2023
The science could not be clearer: On average, the children of married parents are more likely to experience happier, healthier and more successful lives. Brookings Institution scholar Melissa Kearney powerfully…
November 20, 2023
The pandemic was full of firsts, including the first time states received hundreds of billions of federal dollars they could use to shore up their depleted state unemployment insurance (UI) programs. The…