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April 9, 2024

The Case for Curriculum Reform

…Fellow, American Enterprise Institute 4:05 p.m. Panel Discussion Panelists: Barbara Davidson, Executive Director, Knowledge Matters Campaign, StandardsWork Kristen McQuillan, Partner, TNTP Orlando Riddick, Division Superintendent, Houston Independent School District David…

April 9, 2024

The Child Tax Credit: My Long-Read Q&A with Kevin Corinth

…get no matter what. So the Wyden-Smith bill does not go there, but it goes part of the way there and I think it sets up a negotiating position. If…

April 8, 2024

We Still Don’t Know How Much Taxpayers Lost Due to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud

One of the first programs Congress created to assist Americans thrown out of work by the pandemic was the unprecedented Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA expanded unemployment benefits to…

April 3, 2024

School Absenteeism Has Become A Big Problem. But We Can Do Something About It.

…tons of school,” he explains. Setting clear expectations. Partnering with parents. Making attendance matter. Restoring a sense of normalcy. This is all sensible advice for addressing absenteeism and for much…

March 31, 2024

Can Local Journalism Be Saved?

…Since 2018, according to the Medill School, 118 news enterprises have been set up, many of them nonprofits—from Cal Matters to the Texas Tribune to VTDigger (Vermont). The Institute for…

March 25, 2024

Families Slip Back Into Poverty After Pandemic-Era Child Tax Credit Expires

…was also problematic, Matt Weidinger says, because of its cost. Matt Weidinger: During the pandemic, government policy was designed to spend money, which, by the way, was all added to…

March 21, 2024

Why Foster Kids Aren’t Getting the Mental Health Care They need

…light on what is happening. According to the report, “Families Matter to Kids’ Mental Health” by Nicholas Zill, there are about 8 million children in the U.S. who need psychiatric…

March 20, 2024

When Workers Say They Value Flexibility, They Mean It

…somewhat distant one.  One thing is for certain, no matter how hard CEOs press for a return to office, Americans continue to value emploment that allows them to mix-and-match work…

March 11, 2024

How Many Forms of “Wage Insurance” Do We Need, Exactly?

…current safety net programs depicted below that assist low-income parents, along with major social insurance programs and even privately-funded benefits that specifically target non-workers. Source: Angela Rachidi, Matt Weidinger, and…

March 11, 2024

Taking On the College Cartel

…to get started.  The current system isn’t suited to facilitate competition and creation. However, some form of oversight is necessary as a matter of fiduciary responsibility. The obvious solution is…