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In this new issue brief, Bernard Wasow discusses the central problem in international economic relations.
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The Century Foundation, Demos and EPI have produced a budget blueprint for economic recovery and fiscal responsibility. The blueprint prioritizes a strong economic recovery because widespread job creation and robust economic growth are essential to successful deficit reduction. Investing in America's Future is a project of Demos, EPI and The Century Foundation.
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Amid many continuing questions as to the capacity, agenda, and very legitimacy of the G20, and with another summit looming in Seoul in November 2010, The Century Foundation has commissioned a paper of Stewart Patrick, director of the international institutions program at the Council on Foreign Relations, which examines the relevance of the G-20 framework in a web of existing multilateral institutions—the United Nations, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund—and of smaller multilateral groupings. The G20 and the United States: Opportunities for More Effective Multilateralism argues the G20 as far more than another talk-shop, but a major new development for effective international policy making.
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A new report by Geneive Abdo and Sebastian Gräfe, published by Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America.
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This paper provides a critical perspective on past Pakistani policy toward jihadist militant groups, the growth of their influence in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Kyber Pukhtunkhwa Province (KPP), and what steps need to be taken in order to reverse their momentum. Abbas argues that Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership will have to transition from a short-term strategy of deal-making and army offensives to a long-term political solution that will erode the gains made by militant groups in these areas since 2002
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With so much emphasis being placed on the potential of charter schools, it is important to have an accurate assessment of their performance. How well are charter schools working? And how might they be restructured to work better? This new addition from the Reality Check Series answers these questions.
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Heather Schwartz suggests that a promising strategy to make high-poverty schools better involves providing low-income families a chance to live in more-advantaged neighborhoods, where their children can attend low-poverty public schools.
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This Century Foundation Reality Check focuses on correcting commonly repeated but misleading claims related to federal deficits, aided by straightforward figures and tables that anyone can understand.
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Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan all have similar, but not identical interests in how the war in Afghanistan is conducted and how it will eventually end. Though their relevance is often discounted, and there is little understanding presently of exactly what their role might be, Foust sees considerable opportunity for increasing cooperation among countries in the region in an effort to aid the international community's efforts in Afghanistan.
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While the Afghan government and its international partners welcome India’s constructive role, many also worry about the repercussions associated with India’s footprint in the country, particularly with respect to Pakistan. In order to ease instability in the region, Washington and its international partners need to manage this triangular relationship more effectively by changing the strategic calculus of both nations.
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An issue brief by Richard Kahlenberg.
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In Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions, a new book edited by Century Foundation senior fellow Richard D. Kahlenberg, addresses the questions that stem from this issue.
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An Issue Brief by Gordon A. MacInnes
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Greg Anrig argues that the next major medical care reforms should fully federalize Medicaid, which would relieve states’ financial burdens and enhance the health of the American population
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On July 28, New York State chancellor Meryl Tisch and commissioner of education Joseph Steiner released state test results and in doing so exposed that a majority of states have been lowering proficiency standards as a part of the No Child Left Behind game.
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One significant change in American education in recent years has been the proliferation of charter schools throughout the country. Although charters are publicly funded, they are allowed to operate independently from traditional public school systems while abiding by rules that vary from state to state. Advocates of charters argue that their independence enables them to innovate and be more flexible in serving their students. Many charter supporters also believe that, by relying on teachers who in most cases are not unionized, better results will arise, in part because it is easier to fire ineffective non-unionized instructors unprotected by tenure and due process dismissal rules.
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The bursting of the housing bubble in 2007, the financial meltdown in 2008, and the most severe recession since the Great Depression have destabilized the economic security of the baby boom generation of Americans—just at the time when they are approaching retirement. And, for baby boomers, the housing equity that they expected would be their major asset in retirement has plummeted in value and remains far lower than it was just a couple of years ago.
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Even though unemployment remains well above 9 percent, and the federal government could be doing much more to strengthen the economy, attention in Washington has turned to how best to reduce long-term federal deficits. In “How to Reduce the Deficit and Improve the Tax System without Hurting Most Families,” a new issue brief from The Century Foundation, economist and senior fellow Bernard Wasow weighs in with a solution to a significant part of the long-term deficit challenge that would be relatively pain free for low- and middle-income citizens: reform the income tax system to fix the problems with tax breaks. Download the brief.
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Since July 1, three developments suggest that the first-year victories of the Obama-Duncan “transformational reform” effort may be in jeopardy. First, the House of Representatives adopted a supplemental appropriations bill that includes an emergency infusion of $10 billion for saving teachers’ jobs, $800 million of which is financed by modest reductions in Race to the Top, the Teacher Incentive Fund, and one other embryonic administration program. The White House threatens a veto. Download the Issue Brief.
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On June 16th the Obama administration filed a reversal of policy with proposed rules that would ensure protection to students enrolled in for-profit schools. In a new issue brief, Century Foundation fellow Gordon MacInnes explains how for the past thirty years Congress and federal regulators have jiggered the rules to favor aggressive proprietary schools at the expense of poor, vulnerable students. MacInnes discusses how the Department of Education’s new proposal, if passed, will protect the hundreds of thousands of low-income students who seek financial aid to pursue higher education.
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Thanassis Cambanis interviewed on PRI's The World.
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Thanassis Cambanis published in The Atlantic.
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Michael Wahid Hanna quoted in Washington Post.
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The Platform by Peter Osnos.
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Michael Wahid Hanna quoted in World Politics Review.
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Today, higher education is a major force in promoting social mobility, yet colleges and universities seem more concerned with prestige than finding ways to make higher learning more accessible. Rewarding Strivers outlines two high-profile models that colleges and universities can follow in making the American Dream a realistic one for all students.
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The Israeli public has become skeptical about the prospects for a durable peace with the Palestinians and resigned to isolation under nationalist rule rather than trust in internationally promoted accords. Is there still a constituency for peace in the Israeli public? Can it ever gain traction again?
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The Century Foundation, Demos and the Economic Policy Institute have partnered together to help strengthen social insurance programs and develop a road map for a fair and responsible federal budget.
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Heather Schwartz suggests that a promising strategy to make high-poverty schools better involves providing low-income families a chance to live in more-advantaged neighborhoods, where their children can attend low-poverty public schools.
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