*** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 Column 2 presents the results of the same equation but applied to 2026 alone—the results are broadly similar. As Figure 2 indicates, this equation tracks recent ...

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The AEI Housing Center aims to monitor market trends through accurate, real-time tracking of house prices. Our new dataset on home price appreciation appears significantly before other indices and ...

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The US Department of Education published its final supplemental priority on “Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Education,” establishing a framework that will shape how federal discretionary grant ...

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The China economy field is full of people repeating the government’s numbers and “analyzing” them. If that’s sufficient, China watchers can just project a gradual fall from 5 percent GDP growth ...

In some quarters of K–12 education, perhaps most, the increased focus on social and emotional learning (SEL) is viewed as an unambiguously positive development—a welcome course correction after more ...

Yesterday the Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD Act by a vote of 89–10. Among its many provisions is one especially harmful measure to low-income families. Nearly 50% of full-time low-income workers ...