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July 17, 2023
The Latest Extraordinary Findings on Pandemic Improper Payments
…offer the most cost-efficient use of resources. [Page 22] Tools such as data matching can provide some assurance against improper payments, while potentially allowing for more timely payments. [Page 20]…
July 17, 2023
The Problem with Lived Experience
…be ignored and are not irrelevant in policymaking. Policies are made all the time based on rare events—New York City has window guard policies to prevent children from falling out…
July 17, 2023
What the Rise in Dog Attacks Signals About the State of America’s Social Capital
If you have ever had the unfortunate experience of being attacked or bitten by a dog, you’re not alone. The one time it happened to me was while walking at…
July 16, 2023
When Office Perks Become Perils
…work. It’s the rest of our lives. We do not value time as much as we value money. The young people he interviews who end up taking time off from…
July 15, 2023
Yonkers’ Only Charter School Illustrates Just How Broken the System Is
…about $26,800 per student, CSEE spends only $16,800. Still, when it came time to add a high school, the New York State Board of Regents told the administration that they…
July 14, 2023
Do We Need a Reboot? Challenging Prevailing Narratives on AI
It is hard at times to tell which is likely to be more disruptive: artificial intelligence (AI) or the multiplying efforts to regulate this powerful, potentially transformational, and highly beneficial…
July 13, 2023
Republicans Step Up to Lead on Higher Education Reform
…Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) have been focusing on these issues for quite some time, many of their Republican colleagues are now following in their…
July 13, 2023
The Test Isn’t the Problem
…only seven of 762 students in this fall’s incoming class are black, down from 11 in 2022 and eight in 2021. As the New York Times put it, “The annual numbers traditionally…
July 12, 2023
Employment in SNAP: Setting the Record Straight
…person at the time of the survey. When we expanded the definition of employment to working at any time in the past 12 months, the rate of households with a…
July 12, 2023
Rethinking the Impact of the Lockdowns
…needs .” And, unsurprisingly, Harigittai found that better-educated and wealthier individuals gained more and had a far easier time navigating and succeeding within this newly emphasized ecosystem. Hargittai’s work demonstrates the…