The sacred right to vote is under attack across the country. That’s why the Democratic Party…
Month: July 2021
A Post-Pandemic Opportunity to Think Differently About Instructional Time
The sudden shift to distance learning last year forced states across the country quickly to provide…
New Federal Money is Coming to Schools. There Are Other Options for Spending it Than Hiring Lots More Staff.
For decades, schools have added new staff at the expense of other potential investments. Now, with…
Should Congress Make the Expanded Child Tax Credit Permanent?
The American Rescue Plan Act enacted in March 2021 expanded the child tax credit to as…
Cash Is King in Supporting Families
The fundamental economic dilemma of family life is that children cost money but a well-functioning market…
Deprivation Is Not Simply a Material Matter
The Child Tax Credit is a rare example of social policy aimed at American families that…
What It Takes to Actually Improve Math Education
A screenshot from an ST Math game Barry Garelick, a veteran math teacher in California and…
The Education Exchange: How School Closures Translated Into Learning Losses
The Director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education, Ludger Woessmann, joins Paul E.…
Guarantee child care to EVERY working family
What other countries are doing and what we must do is make clear that taking care…
The expanded Child Tax Credit is government delivering for working people.
I do not think we can overstate the significance of the fact that in just 2…