Recent proposals to address housing market troubles through principal modification raise
the possibility that such policies could increase…
Even if the process of economic recovery proves protracted, the American economy will eventually recover, and cyclical issues will cease to…
The past thirty years have seen a dramatic decrease in the rate of income convergence across U.S. states.
This decline coincides with a…
With all the problems in education these days, Arizona’s state superintendent of public instruction, John Huppenthal, thinks he has the…
Medicare continues to implement payment reforms that shift reimbursement from fee-for-service towards
episode-based payment, affecting…
A paradox of American higher education is this: The expectations of leading universities do much to define what secondary schools teach,…
Governor Patrick visited Chile this month in an attempt to enhance the state’s collaborations with Latin America in education, clean energy…
Are teachers’ impacts on students’ test scores (“value-added”) a good measure of their quality? This question has sparked debate largely…
The pricing of medical products and services in the U.S. is notoriously complex. In health
care, supply prices (those received by the…
In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from…