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March 31, 2025
Tom Cotton Should Go Further: An Endowment Tax Should Not Exclude Big Foundations
…Even more important, by raising taxes on foundations, Congress can help pay for a change in the tax law to restore an incentive for individual taxpayers to make charitable contributions. As it stands,…
March 28, 2025
Cracking the Code Behind Dismal 8th Grade Reading Scores
…curriculum and standards hints at a serious problem: There is no immediate or obvious solution at hand to address the problem. Nor is it simply a lack of appropriate curriculum…
March 28, 2025
Unfreezing New York’s Projects
…new buildings erected, and tenants moved into the new apartments that become available. The experienced private developers will be responsible for interim repairs on the old, leaky buildings still standing….
March 27, 2025
The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid
…misunderstands how other countries fund their more expansive safety nets. Looking at how countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) tax their citizens, the United States stands…
March 26, 2025
The Surprising Benefits of “Cooperative” AI
…study split 776 P&G workers into four groups: individuals with AI, individuals without AI, teams with AI, and teams without. AI increased solution quality by 0.37 standard deviation for individuals and a…
March 25, 2025
AI Talent: It’s Not Just for High Tech Anymore
…stand-alone AI-focused roles. This means that, for the time being, AI is being implemented for augmentation as opposed to automation, and that hiring AI-literate employees does not usually come at the…
March 25, 2025
Reimagining Federal Education R&D: IES, Workforce Skills, and State Leadership
…spurred other states to change, serving as a how-to model for best policies and practices. In Louisiana, a stand-out among the 2024 NAEP results, the governor and state superintendent of education…
March 24, 2025
Tax Abatements: The Best-Kept Secret to Revitalizing Struggling Communities—Without Spending Taxpayer Money
…rules, faster permitting, and cost-effective building standards A meaningful property tax abatement that closes the feasibility gap Increased zoning capacity and flexibility to allow greater density across more areas When…
March 12, 2025
Why Alabama Needs The Success Sequence
…they will make these three major decisions. Alabama could achieve this by incorporating the sequence into middle and high school curricula. It can be implemented through financial literacy standards, health, or…
March 11, 2025
The American Dream in Ohio depends on stronger Buckeye families
…below-average standing matters because strong, stable families are a powerful predictor of upward mobility. Harvard economist Raj Chetty and his colleagues at Opportunity Insights have underscored the connection between upward…