K-12 Education NAEP: School Closures Caused U.S. Kids to Fall Further Behind New 4th and 8th grade reading and math assessment results provide more evidence of the costs of prolonged school closures.
K-12 Education School closures caused ‘historic’ learning losses and widened the achievement gap The National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the 'Nation's Report Card,' quantifies the harm caused by COVID-19 school closures.
K-12 Education Helping kids recover from learning losses from COVID school closures The RECOVER Act would send unspent COVID relief money to low- and middle-income parents for child opportunity scholarships.
K-12 Education $148 billion in K-12 COVID relief funds remains unspent Parents deserve to know why state education agencies and public school districts have been slow to spend emergency K-12 education funds.
K-12 Education Politicizing CDC school reopening guidance harmed American children Overcautious guidance that prolonged public school closures was a costly mistake.
COVID-19 Emerging treatments for COVID-19 should lessen the impact of Omicron New therapies like Paxlovid will significantly reduce the danger of COVID-19, regardless of the coronavirus' natural evolution.
COVID-19 Biden’s vaccine mandate is too little, too late Given the changing pandemic landscape, Biden should reverse course and rescind the mandate before it is ever enforced.
K-12 Education Glenn Youngkin’s mandate to expand equal opportunity Virginia’s next governor has a historic opportunity to give parents greater control over their children’s education.
Rural Affairs COVID-19 killed rural patients at twice the rate of urban ones COVID exposed key deficiencies in rural health infrastructure.
K-12 Education The American Academy of Pediatrics regrets the lost 2020-21 school year AAP President to Congress: “I wish that we had been able to come together...to open schools safely and do the right thing for our kids.”
Long-Term Care Will vaccine mandates in nursing homes lead to staff shortages? Healthcare providers who have already implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates suggest that the threat of walkouts is overblown.
World Index of Healthcare Innovation Which country responded best to the COVID-19 pandemic? It depends In 2020, it seemed as if countries like New Zealand and Australia could do no wrong—and the United States could do no right. Yet, over half a year into 2021, that no longer holds true.
Rural Affairs Dollar General can help vaccinate rural America Dollar General operates nearly twice as many stores as retail pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens. Dollar General’s big rural presence could help fully vaccinate America.
COVID-19 What is America's role in distributing Covid-19 vaccines worldwide? The United States should distribute excess AstraZeneca vaccines until 70 percent of the adult population is vaccinated with either Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson.
COVID-19 A year into Covid-19, New Hampshire is a microcosm of America A poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center found that residents are divided over who to trust regarding the pandemic. The Granite State is emblematic of a worrying trend in which there is a lack of bipartisan trust in experts and public health institutions.
COVID-19 Building on the success of COVID-19 vaccines in nursing homes A new proposal from the long-term care industry suffers from one substantial flaw: it relies on increased Medicaid spending to finance the improvements. Many of the problems laid bare during the pandemic relate to Medicaid's inflexible framework.
COVID-19 Rely on primary care doctors to reduce COVID vaccine hesitancy Americans trust their doctors to do the right thing. By nature, patients trust their physicians with their most intimate medical information. Allowing physicians to play a more prominent role in administering the COVID-19 vaccine makes sense and will save lives.
COVID-19 A record number of American families are now homeschooling 11% of American children are now homeschooled. Before the pandemic, just 3.3% of kids were. As schools begin to reopen, policymakers should pursue reforms to give more families the freedom to choose the best learning environment for their children.
COVID-19 Not funny: State governments are playing games with needed rent relief We can make the distribution of rent relief more efficient if state and local governments allow banks and credit unions to work with their customers to get a tally of unpaid rent, put the money in their accounts, and settle the details later.
