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Transforming Lives with Child Care and Community Engagement: A Two-Generation Approach

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Transforming Lives with Child Care and Community Engagement: A Two-Generation Approach

How a new Head Start facility in East Dayton has the power to be transformative for a struggling community.

Dec 17, 2024

Rebecca Gale

Equity Before Adequacy in Higher Education Funding

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Equity Before Adequacy in Higher Education Funding

University funding needs fundamental reform to meet the needs of students and their institutions today, with equity as the guiding star.

Dec 12, 2024

Matt Richmond

Participatory Planning to Build Stronger Early Childhood Policy and Programs

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Participatory Planning to Build Stronger Early Childhood Policy and Programs

Participatory planning is a strategy to build better public services across policy sectors, including early care and education.

Dec 11, 2024

Emmy Liss, Josh Wallack, Sarah Gilliland

A Glimpse of Stability: The Impact of Pandemic Aid on Families in Poverty

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A Glimpse of Stability: The Impact of Pandemic Aid on Families in Poverty

In-depth case studies and interviews with families in poverty reveal how pandemic-era government aid provided a brief moment of stability.

Dec 3, 2024

Brigid Schulte, Haley Swenson, Julia Craven, Jasmine Heyward, Rebecca Gale, Ashley Álvarez

The Next Frontier in Spectrum Policy

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The Next Frontier in Spectrum Policy

America’s wireless future depends on sharing the public airwaves—and indoor-only use can coexist even with sensitive military operations.

Nov 25, 2024

Michael Calabrese, Jessica Dine

Openness in Artificial Intelligence Models

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Openness in Artificial Intelligence Models

Greater openness in the AI model ecosystem will help shape AI’s development in ways that serve democracy and the public interest.

Nov 20, 2024

Prem M. Trivedi, Nat Meysenburg

Exploring Paths to a U.S. Digital Skills Framework (and Why We Need One)

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Exploring Paths to a U.S. Digital Skills Framework (and Why We Need One)

Though pivotal to digital inclusion, U.S. digital skills are not thoroughly or consistently measured. A national framework could fix that.

Nov 19, 2024

Jessica Dine

From Digital Sovereignty to Digital Agency

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From Digital Sovereignty to Digital Agency

Digital sovereignty may offer certain benefits, but it also poses undeniable risks.

Nov 18, 2024

Akash Kapur

Gendered Harms of Data Weaponization

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Gendered Harms of Data Weaponization

Data weaponization exploiting gender can trap victims in a harmful cycle that undermines individual rights and leads to global insecurity.

Nov 14, 2024

Pavlina Pavlova

Broadband Affordability: Removing a Roadblock to Universal Service

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Broadband Affordability: Removing a Roadblock to Universal Service

While affordability remains a central part of the digital divide, policies for closing it will need to address consumer-side costs.

Nov 7, 2024

Raza Panjwani, Sarah Forland, Jessica Dine

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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

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Cultivating Connections: Why Relationships Matter for Youth Apprenticeship

Private 5G Networks at Risk

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Transforming Lives with Child Care and Community Engagement: A Two-Generation Approach

Equity Before Adequacy in Higher Education Funding

Participatory Planning to Build Stronger Early Childhood Policy and Programs

A Glimpse of Stability: The Impact of Pandemic Aid on Families in Poverty

The Next Frontier in Spectrum Policy

Openness in Artificial Intelligence Models

Exploring Paths to a U.S. Digital Skills Framework (and Why We Need One)

From Digital Sovereignty to Digital Agency

Gendered Harms of Data Weaponization

Broadband Affordability: Removing a Roadblock to Universal Service