Mothers are being left behind in the economic recovery from COVID-19
“It is unclear whether child-care issues will prevent women from returning to employment as the economy recovers,” wrote economist Betsey...
Government won’t get us herd immunity. Businesses can.
As COVID vaccine becomes widely available – “thank you” to both administrations – we now face the fact that COVID is still spreading and many...
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine pause and the challenge of risk assessment
The stunning, some would say miraculous, scientific achievement that brought us vaccines against COVID-19 in record-shattering time hit a snag...
Guilty secrets: How the COVID-19 pandemic helped some middle class families
In the fall of 2019, under the auspices of the Future of the Middle Class Initiative, we talked with over 100 middle-class Americans across the...
A year later: Reflections on learning, adapting, and scaling education interventions during COVID-19
Already more than a full year into the COVID-19 pandemic, it is sobering to reflect on the ongoing responses to the global pandemic, as well as...
How the NFL is using AI to evaluate players
With the upcoming NFL draft, the stakes are high for the league’s billion-dollar franchises. Few events represent greater opportunities than the...
A policy manifesto for paying, protecting, and empowering essential workers
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, political leaders in Washington, D.C. have voiced their enthusiastic commitment to support...
Why Common Core failed
More than a decade after the 2010 release of Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics, no convincing evidence exists...



