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West Virginia’s July flash floods show how rural disasters bring distinct challenges that require tailored responses.
We Made an Important Correction to Our Student Debt Analysis Sometimes following the data requires us to acknowledge mistakes and fix them.Going Beyond Test Scores to Measure School Quality A new study aims to identify broader measures of student achievement in public high schools with historically underserved students.Gender Norms and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Low-Income Countries: What We Learned by Reviewing the Evidence Women around the world face barriers to participating in the labor force.Paid Leave Is a Worthy Goal, but so Is a Secure Retirement Policymakers have developed proposals that would use Social Security to fund paid parental leave.Who Would Benefit from Elizabeth Warren’s Student Loan Forgiveness Proposal? Warren's plan would cancel most outstanding student debt held by households making up to $250,000.America’s Housing Is Getting More Crowded. How Will That Affect Children? Living in a crowded home can negatively affect academic performance and physical and mental health.