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October 5, 2023
Changing the Official Poverty Measure Would Help Rich States and Hurt Poor States
…2022. The Census Bureau should fix these measurement problems for the purposes of accurately tracking poverty over time. But there is a much more policy relevant issue that has gone…
October 5, 2023
DCS Has Failed Children It Was Supposed to Protect, This Lawsuit Shows Why
…health problems. The utility of these lawsuits is disputed. States find them onerous and expensive, arguing that compliance activities and legal fees take time and resources that could be used…
October 3, 2023
A Way Forward for School Reform: A Conversation with Frederick M. Hess and Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan
…Education Arne Duncan, and the New York Times’ Erica L. Green as they discuss where we are and possible paths forward. Submit questions to [email protected] or on Twitter with #HessDuncan….
October 2, 2023
Shopping for Colleges Just Got a Little Easier for Some Students
…commend the colleges involved with this effort for putting their time and energy behind an important cause. I would also urge them to follow through on this commitment by advocating…
September 29, 2023
Solutions to Reduce Government Improper Payments Involving Unemployment Benefits
…June 2020.[1] That soaring demand for assistance, accompanied by unprecedented federal benefit expansions, also created unprecedented opportunities for everyone from small-time crooks to international criminal organizations to defraud the nation’s…
September 29, 2023
How Well Is Rural America Doing? You’d Be Surprised
…whites support aid to black communities. Meanwhile, blacks (and both rural and urban minorities) are about three times as likely to support this type of aid compared to whites. Despite decadeslong…
September 29, 2023
Up To $135 Billion In Pandemic Unemployment Fraud – And Still Counting
…already-high 21.52 percent improper payment rate the DOL IG previously used to estimate “at least” $191 billion in total improper payments. At the time, the IG noted the overall improper payment rate…
September 26, 2023
Voter Suppression, New York Style
…primary involving “squad” member Jamaal Bowman, my current congressman, and the Republican presidential primary, which could, by the time New York votes, be a close race. Even incremental changes, such…
September 26, 2023
Former Foster Kids Need More Than Higher Education
…only a quarter of kids who have spent time in foster care actually graduate from high school in four years. Why are we so fixated on getting kids a college degree when…
September 25, 2023
A Bad Bipartisan Housing Bill: Connecting the Dots on the Helper Act
…to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, it takes 5.6 times the median income to purchase the median priced home in 2022. This is up from 3.1 times in 1990….