What Should Smarter Testing Look Like in the Early Grades?
With the recent debate about testing in school, it's easy to forget that assessment can be a valuable tool for improving instruction.
Bobby Jindal’s Fiscal Mess
Bobby Jindal is the perfect example of how DC interest groups hold state budgets hostage.
Cool to be Kind: Coding to Combat Poverty
Hannah Emple examines a startup that’s trying to start up empowerment for the impoverished.
Dr. Susan Blumenthal Presented with Honorary Doctorate from Sapienza University of Rome
On Wednesday October 28, New America Senior Fellow in Health Policy Susan Blumenthal, M.D. M.P.A., received an honorary doctorate from Sapie
Duly Quoted
Brigid Schulte and Alieza Durana pull up what leading policymakers and politicians had to say about work and family—and ask our readers wher
Have D.C.’s Goals for Paid Leave Gone Too Far? Not Even Close
Gary Barker argues that paid, equal parental leave makes us all better off.
Is Central Europe Rendering Itself Un-Central to World Affairs?
Slovakia is making headlines for its poor treatment of refugees. Stanislav Matejka asks whether that means it soon won’t be included in worl
Killing the Bard and the Bang
English Ph.D.'s and Astrophysicists, unite! Devan Kreisberg explains that it’s not just the humanities that are under attack, but exploratio
Know When to Withhold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em
Think withholding taxes is an easy fix to America’s mess of a student loan repayment system? Alex Holt explains why you should probably thin
Perspectives on the “Sharing/Gig Economy”
According to Steven Hill’s new book Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers (St. Martin’s Pres
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Economic Policy Institute
1333 H Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005
Promise and Compromise
No vehement advocate of personal responsibility argues against payroll withholding for taxes. So why not do the same with student loans?
The Armor of Light
Is it really possible to be both pro-gun and pro-life?
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Civic Hall
156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY 10010
Three Years Since Sandy, Are We Ready?
Pamela Puchalski and Greta Byrum ask whether, for all of the federal billions spent, we’ve gotten any better at helping communities help the
Get Paid What You’re Worth
New America, the Harvard Business School, MORE magazine discuss (how to close) the gender pay gap.
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Harvard Club of New York City
35 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036