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December 11, 2024
US Students Best Other Nations—in Achievement Gap Growth
…are good reasons to treat international comparisons with some degree of caution. On a more ignominious note, when it comes to achievement gap growth between 2011 and 2023, the US stands apart from…
December 9, 2024
TIMSS Shows the Bottom Is Falling Out for US Test Scores
…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
SNAP and the “Make America Healthy Again” Agenda
…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 5, 2024
Inflation Reduction Act Offers a General Lesson against Industrial Policy
…to additional investment, faster productivity and wage growth, and higher living standards for American households. This would cost around $400 billion over a decade. Congress should make up that lost…
December 3, 2024
How States Can Shake Up the Stagnant Higher Education Market
…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…
December 2, 2024
The Pursuit of Happiness Starts with Families: A Conversation Between Brad Wilcox and Gov. Spencer Cox
…our kids. That’s a line for me. So we passed a couple bills in 2023. We tweaked them this last session to help them stand up to some of the…
November 25, 2024
Don’t Write Off Workforce Pell Grants
…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 22, 2024
A Side Effect of the Booming Job Market: Wage Inequality Is Way Down
…innovations and a surge in the creation of new businesses, may be part of the recent acceleration in U.S. labor productivity. From a workforce-development standpoint, the role of businesses in driving…
November 21, 2024
A Consensus on Common-Sense Education Reform
…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
End Federal Loans for Graduate School
…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…