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May 7, 2025
Did ‘China Shock’ Throw Millions of Americans Out of Work?
…41 percent in the Netherlands, 39 percent in Spain, 44 percent in Sweden, and 52 percent in the United Kingdom.[1] In fact, manufacturing as a share of employment had already…
May 5, 2025
What’s in House Republicans’ Student Loan Overhaul
…been preferable, the proposed maximums are a good start. Changes to repayment plans For new borrowers, there will be two repayment plan options: a standard plan with level payments over…
March 11, 2025
The American Dream in Ohio depends on stronger Buckeye families
…economic mobility — not to mention minimizing deaths of despairand maximizing happiness for ordinary men and women. That’s because the Buckeye State is below the national average when it comes to family stability….
February 20, 2025
The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated
…David Grusky, Maximilian Hell, Robert Manduca, Jimmy Narang, “The Fading American Dream: Trends in Absolute Income Mobility Since 1940.” Replication files available at https://opportunityinsights.org/data/?geographic_level=0&topic=0&paper_id=546#resource-listing. These results were the basis for…
February 7, 2025
Low-Performing Students Fall Farther Behind the Pack
…that effective literacy programs are implemented. That coordinated research program should be positioned for maximum impact on America’s students, not at maximally supporting academic researchers producing obscure articles published in…
February 6, 2025
The Trump Administration is Already Proving to be Family Friendly
…directing the Department of Transportation to prioritize communities that have higher birth and marriage rates. “To the maximum extent permitted by law, DOT-supported or -assisted programs and activities, including without…
February 3, 2025
Legislators Want to Give Tens of Millions of Free Lunches to Students Who Don’t Need Them
…year (the most recent year of data available). Approximately 60 percent of those public school lunches were free or at reduced price (a maximum price of 40 cents per meal)…
January 7, 2025
Tax Policy Should Prioritize Shoring Up the Family
…one child each would each receive a maximum of around $4,300 in 2025, but if they married they would both qualify for a maximum of over $7,100 (using the schedule for two…
December 14, 2024
Why the Riskiest Situation NYC Foster Kids Can Face Is Visiting Their Birth Parents
…sight of this maxim. Foster kids being hurt while spending time with their families is not a new phenomenon. A 2018 report by New York City’s Department of Investigation found that a…
November 14, 2024
Florida, the Forgotten Education-Reform Star
…for serving students and maximizing taxpayer dollars.” “In a moment when education reform has come up against new and significant hurdles,” they conclude, “Florida’s results are promising. We should be…