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We're Failing to Connect Students to Their Passions
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) The last year was tough. A new survey from Challenge Success and NBC news found 56% of students felt more pressure in the wake of COVID-related learning disruptions, with the same research finding 42% more disengaged. These figures only compound the challenges students faced prior to COVID, with high school students reporting alarming dropout and disengagement rates. Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments Related Articles
Time to Break Link Between Housing & Education
Anna Tyger RealClearEducation March 12, 2021 Disparate learning losses during the pandemic are highlighting the ongoing impact of segregation in America’s schools. Black students are twice as likely to have had no contact with a teacher, and minority students are falling months behind their peers in reading. It’s time to ask why schools remain more segregated today despite six decades of promises to integrate them.
It’s Time to Break the Link Between Housing and Education | RealClearEducation
By Anna Tyger March 10, 2021 Disparate learning losses during the pandemic are highlighting the ongoing impact of segregation in America’s schools. Black students are twice as likely to have had no contact with a teacher, and minority students are falling months behind their peers in reading. It’s time to ask why schools remain more segregated today despite six decades of promises to integrate them.
It’s Time to Break the Link Between Housing and Education | RealClearEducation
Disparate learning losses during the pandemic are highlighting the ongoing impact of segregation in America's schools. Black students are twice as likely to have had no contact with a teacher, and minority students are falling months behind their peers in reading. It's time to ask why schools remain more segregated today despite six decades of promises to integrate them. Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments
The Impact of a Financial Transactions Tax
Key Findings A broad-based financial transaction tax (FTT) in the United States would be a substantial revenue source. For example, the Inclusive Prosperity Act proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), with an FTT levied at 0.5 percent on stocks, 0.1 percent on bonds, and .005 percent on derivatives, has been estimated to raise between approximately $60B and $220B annually. An FTT would raise both explicit and implicit transaction costs, decreasing trading volume and lowering asset prices.
The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
Key Findings Currently, the home mortgage interest deductionThe mortgage interest deduction is an itemized deduction for interest paid on home mortgages. It reduces households’ taxable incomes and, consequently, their total taxes paid. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) reduced the amount of principal and limited the types of loans that qualify for the deduction.
The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
Key Findings Currently, the home mortgage interest deduction (HMID) allows itemizing homeowners to deduct mortgage interest paid on up to $750,000 worth of principal, on either their first or second residence. This limitation was introduced by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and will revert to $1 million after 2025.
A Preliminary Look at 2018 Tax Data
Erratum: Data used in an earlier version of this blog did not account for the refundable portions of the Earned Income Tax and Child Tax Credits. This data is now included. At the end of June, the Internal Revenue Service released the first set of tax return data from 2018. These are the first numbers on the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which was passed in December of 2017.
Sen. Cory Booker’s Renters Tax Credit and It's Unintended Consequences
On June 5, Senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker (D-NJ) released a plan to increase access to affordable housing. While this proposal would likely decrease the amount that low-income individuals pay in rent, the policy could perpetuate the trend towards high-cost rentals and have pervasive effects on the housing market.
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