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December 9, 2024
…the academic performance of US and international students. The results are grim. Three things stand out. First (and perhaps not surprisingly), the pandemic harmed student achievement. Between 2019 and 2023,…
December 5, 2024
…programs, and 95 percent of that funding is directed toward SNAP. One of the top priorities should be establishing nutrition standards for SNAP by eliminating funding for sugary beverages and ultra-processed foods. They should…
December 3, 2024
…education, low barriers should not mean low standards for student outcomes at colleges with a performance record to evaluate. Decouple accreditation from state authorization. Most states require new colleges to become…
November 25, 2024
…funding, workforce programs would have to meet high standards, including a minimum 70 percent completion rate and a 70 percent job placement rate. Critically, there’s also an earnings standard: one…
November 21, 2024
…on personalized learning tools where proven effective. Teacher quality requires strengthening through national standards and targeted incentives. Early education and community college programs need quality-focused expansion. Parent and community engagement…
November 20, 2024
…similar metrics. Reformers should consider creating protections for private student lenders to employ such underwriting practices, which would encourage the market to grow. With the national debt standing at nearly…
November 15, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the workforce, yet the workers who stand to benefit the most are often the most wary of it. Lower-skilled and less-educated workers view AI as…
November 12, 2024
…was significantly behind industry standards, particularly in adopting new technologies like artificial intelligence for scoring and item development. For instance, while other assessments have used AI-assisted scoring to improve accuracy…
October 21, 2024
JD Vance and Kamala Harris have at least one thing in common: proposals to expand the child tax credit (CTC). Currently, the CTC offers households up to $2,000 per child…
October 8, 2024
…comfortable working around and with it. As the saying goes, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Further, as Stanford University labor economist Erik Brynjolfsson has…