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September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…labor market made it more attractive to move directly into the workforce instead of spending thousands and incurring debt to earn a degree. Mr. Gee highlighted these factors, along with…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…interested in the details, and there is less pressure on institutions of higher learning to perform. Discipline from the market can keep value high and prices low, ensuring that public…
July 18, 2023
The Education Community’s Views on School Improvement Have Fundamentally Changed
A few months back, I reflected on the 40th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk,” the landmark 1983 report. But there’s one important point that I didn’t really address: that the report…
July 13, 2023
Republicans Step Up to Lead on Higher Education Reform
…on several straightforward assumptions. First, taxpayers shouldn’t be treated as a bottomless pit of support for higher education. Higher education is a marketplace, and it shouldn’t enjoy public subsidy without…
July 6, 2023
The End of Affirmative Action Calls for a Renewed Conservatism of Opportunity
…college, entering adulthood without the knowledge and skills that are most highly compensated in the labor market. And, in marked contrast to the picture in the early days of affirmative…
June 28, 2023
Yes, College Is Still a Good Investment
…levels of experience and education tend to gain new skills faster, and the market rewards that learning through higher wages. One step-up begets the next, and nothing succeeds like success….
February 23, 2023
Distance to 100: An Alternative to Racial Achievement Gaps
…primary cause of low proficiency rates among black and Hispanic Americans. In 1966, sociologist James Coleman published a landmark 700-page study of educational opportunity known as the Coleman Report, which…
November 28, 2022
Public School Instructional Offerings and Enrollment Changes: Evidence from Two Years After the Pandemic
…shifts in the wake of the pandemic could lead to future disruptions in school finance, teacher labor markets, and student preparation. We examine three research questions. First, how did COVID-related…
February 23, 2022
The Case Against Universal Free Lunch
…is primarily a marketing tool to fuel growth in consumer food expenditures and demand for major food commodities: meat, dairy, eggs, wheat. It’s an economics lesson that has very little…
January 20, 2022
Testimony: Incentivize Individual Agency to Achieve Upward Mobility
…married, having children within marriage, or any of the other behaviors that typically mark passage into young adulthood and likely entry into the middle class or beyond? Read the full…