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December 3, 2024
Avoiding an Unemployment Loan Bailout
Taxpayers in most states may have dodged a billion-dollar bullet on election day. That is, if the outcome had been different, liberal lawmakers would have been uniquely positioned to bail…
November 25, 2024
Don’t Write Off Workforce Pell Grants
…by an average of $4,000. High-quality programs such as FastForward shouldn’t lose out on federal funding simply because other workforce education courses demonstrate worse outcomes. Policymakers should adopt a posture…
November 21, 2024
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
…in AI and its impacts on the workforce will be critical to helping inform and equip workers and policymakers to flexibly respond to AI developments. Access the full version here….
November 20, 2024
End Federal Loans for Graduate School
…willing to step in and help these students pay for their educations. Indeed, a thriving private market for graduate student loans existed before Congress removed limits on federal lending. But if policymakers…
November 20, 2024
Eliminate Federal Lending to Graduate and Professional Students; Revenue to Fund Block Grants to States
Graduate student lending is out of control. Students are effectively borrowing without limit to pay for graduate and professional schools, many of which offer little or no return on their…
November 15, 2024
JD Vance is Right: Reduce the Power of Big Foundations to Help Charity
…an extended deduction will or won’t increase giving. Lawmakers, instead, worry about the revenue loss to the IRS that would result. Indeed, the CARES Act incentive, now expired, has been…
November 12, 2024
The National Assessment of Educational Progress Recompete: Is It Real Change or Lipstick on a Pig?
…but policymakers must do more to encourage competition and ensure transparency for the new likely $1 billion NAEP contract. Read the PDF. The American government runs on contracts between government…
November 5, 2024
Harvard Professor Edward Glaeser on the U.S. Housing Crisis
…work highlights the relationship between housing supply, urban growth, and economic prosperity, offering insights for policymakers to create more sustainable and equitable urban environments through improved housing strategies. Glaeser also…
October 30, 2024
A SNAP Reform Framework Focused on the Future
…foods, and requiring retail stores to share their data to better inform SNAP’s contribution to diet quality. Program Integrity. Policymakers, participants, and taxpayers need assurance that SNAP funds are used…
October 30, 2024
A Reform Framework for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
…and address program-integrity issues. This report offers a road map for policymakers wanting to build on the success of SNAP while improving SNAP’s efficiency and effectiveness. Read the report here…