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August 31, 2023
The Future of Work: Augmented, not Automated
…“people skills” like communication, collaboration, and time management have jumped from the middle of the pack to dominate the most highly sought-after skills. IBM Institute for Business Value, 2023 As…
August 31, 2023
Where Are The Energy Stamps, Joe?
…the reductions we have to make (to get to near zero emissions) by 2050 or 2045 are going to come from technologies we don’t yet have.” Except this time the…
August 29, 2023
Skate Parks: Appreciating Another Third Place
…tips and smiling the whole time. While I would like to say that this was some magical moment at a skate park—it wasn’t. Over the past five years or so,…
August 28, 2023
Here’s a Kind of Job-Training Program That Works
…have the hardest time finding and advancing in work. Finally, there’s a role for the federal government in expanding programs and seeding new ones. An interesting model can be found…
August 28, 2023
Where Does School Time Go?
…Three decades ago, the National Education Commission on Time and Learning observed, “Learning in America is a prisoner of time. For the past 150 years, American public schools have held time…
August 24, 2023
Want To End Apartment Warehousing? Ease Up On Rent-Control Laws
…on owners of the nearly 1 million rent-regulated apartments in dramatically new ways. Most important, for the first time, it limited rent increases that could be justified by “major capital…
August 24, 2023
Baby Boom Or Bust
…Stephanie, three Latter-day Saint home-schooling moms. The women have in the past pursued careers or owned businesses, and now they describe their full-time occupation as helping their children become well-rounded,…
August 24, 2023
The Hill that Public Education Dies on: Transgender Policies’ Utter Contempt for Parents
…time. In the case of public education, it’s a two-way street. A December 2021 poll conducted for EdChoice showed that only about a third of teachers (36 percent) say they trust parents,…
August 23, 2023
Labor Department Report Finds Pandemic Unemployment Program Had a Staggering 36 Percent Improper Payment Rate
…only partial, since they reflect improper payments at one point in time, and not throughout the program’s operation. The report also fails to spell out the value of the resulting…
August 23, 2023
Solve Two Crises At Once: Put Migrants In NYCHA
…the Lower East Side has a better way. The New York Times reports that Camille Napoleon “has hosted as many as 12 migrants at a time in her two-bedroom apartment, on couches…