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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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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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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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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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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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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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