Nice article, Matt. This was exactly what we (espec Huriya Jabbar) found in New Orleans with charters. Many competitive responses were superficial (at least non-academic). It's WSJ's loss having you leave but will be glad to have you (hopefully) report more on research again @chalkbeat.org

Really valuable work by @douglasharris9.bsky.social and Gabriel Oliver on how #schoolvouchers are transforming the private school landscape (even as #publiced advocates are largely focused on how they affect public school systems). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...

Many thanks, Larry. This is one of a series we're doing on vouchers, nationally.

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This is a big problem. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

One of our favorite bars/restaurants in #NewOrleans is closing in part because of Trump's tariffs--that's right from the owner's mouth. I'm not going to say which place to avoid having wrath brought down on them before they close. This is what aimless #tariffs do to the #economy

Someone I'm close to lives in Latin America w/ his wife & kids. They were planning to move to the U.S. for all our opportunities. Now they are too afraid to come. Some would say preference skilled workers. OK, 1 is an engineer, 1 a small business owner. This is what we've wrought.

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements This is a big deal

First ever repost of Michael R. Strain. Hard to overstate how important this issue is for the future of democracy. #BLS

Many thanks Sean and EFP. Unfortunately, with declining enrollments, more closures are coming. Some useful lessons in the paper about how to make the best of these difficult situations. Related commentary here: www.edweek.org/leadership/o...

The average young person today is on course to spend 25 years of their life on their phone. (Plus more on other screens.) Most of them don't want to live this way, but feel trapped. How about we delay giving smartphones and tablets till at least 14?

Embarrassing indeed. It's great to see Goldin working with the players on this; and seeing through the subterfuge & accounting games.

It's been such an action-packed year for me already that I'm doing my "year end" in July. I'm especially excited about some of my new initiatives that you probably haven't heard about. (Yes, I keep adding things without subtracting much. It's an issue.) Here are some updates: