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October 23, 2023
Teach Your Children Well
…particularly for kids who have trouble reading. Using them is a way to develop vocabulary even for kids who have dyslexia, for instance. And she likes smart speakers. Not worried…
October 23, 2023
A Carbon Tax to Finance Child Tax Credit Expansion
…the perception that it would disproportionately burden low- and middle-income households relative to high-income households. Many analysts and lawmakers have proposed using carbon tax revenues to either cut taxes or…
October 6, 2023
After a Banner Year for School Choice, the Challenge Is to Ensure New Programs Work
…pandemic supercharged the drive for universal choice because it put parents front and center of this movement. Advocates and policymakers can now come alongside parents to support the options they…
September 29, 2023
How Well Is Rural America Doing? You’d Be Surprised
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett’s ‘The Overlooked Americans’ rejects grim depictions of rural life. “Why are we so divided?” That’s probably the most asked question in American politics, especially since that Divider-in-Chief descended the…
September 29, 2023
Up To $135 Billion In Pandemic Unemployment Fraud – And Still Counting
…especially two full years after pandemic programs ended. Back-of-the-envelope estimates are helpful, but not nearly good enough to inform policymakers and ensure this disaster never recurs. Finally, as the latest GAO report shows,…
September 21, 2023
The Two-Parent Advantage
…than are less-advantaged Americans. The scholars, journalists, and policymakers who drive so much of our family discourse and policies today ought to notice this new family science and bring it…
September 21, 2023
How Health Policy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…The most famous of these cases was that of Elizabeth Shin, an MIT student who took her own life in 2020. Her parents, who had no idea that anything was…
September 21, 2023
How Health Privacy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…The most famous of these cases was that of Elizabeth Shin, an MIT student who took her own life in 2020. Her parents, who had no idea that anything was…
September 19, 2023
It’s OK to Like Both Public Schools and School Choice
Education savings accounts. Universal voucher programs. Charter schools. These are words guaranteed to inspire heated debates among policymakers, parents, and educators. Teachers’ union leaders denounce school choice as part of…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…obvious that state universities’ bloated academic budgets won’t survive the demographic challenges. Lawmakers are increasingly unlikely to appropriate taxpayer funds to cover the coming deficits—especially when a high percentage of…