Is your school near a toxic hazard site?
Sitting down with Brown University's Dr. Matthew Kraft, whose team has just released a shocking new report showing that thousands of American schools are located near environmental hazard sites.
The Forum with Josh Cowen
Commentary and Conversations on Politics, Markets, and Schools
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Whose History Matters.
I had a chance to join Heather Cox Richardson's 250 to 250 project; here are a few comments on civic education, and teaching the American past.
"Outsourcing Discrimination"
New court arguments add to right-wing efforts to let churches run public charter schools. It's not just church-state separation that's at stake: it's access to public services for all kids.
Sitting down with MSNOW
Over the weekend I went on MSNOW to talk Michigan politics, with a bonus question on public schools
Prefer the Hard
It's a big political week in Michigan and beyond. Here are a few notes on governing, politics, and policy, from my recent work in 25 red and purple states.
"We have to make strategic national investments in children and families."
Watch/Read now | A conversation with Congressman Greg Landsman, representing Ohio's 1st District.
Economic Value and Educational Purpose
Checking in on new federal rules that hold higher education accountable for future student earnings.
"The absolute antithesis of good governance."
A conversation with law professor and former OMB and HHS general counsel Sam Bagenstos on how the Trump Administration uses bureaucratic tools to remake the federal government.
For I Was Hungry and...You Cut My Funding.
New reports show just how many families are losing access to food assistance programs, and the direct implications of these cuts for kids and their schools.
Why is My Soccer Bill So High?
After the USMNT exit, another look at private equity's role in jacking up the cost of youth sports.