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To use AI tools effectively, local leaders must optimize documents and information for AI, implement guardrails, and rely on human expertise to evaluate risks and benefits.
Let’s help intermediaries expand US apprenticeships Nearly every country with a large-scale apprenticeship system relies heavily on intermediary organizations. Few US companies are knowledgeable enough about apprenticeships to build their own programs without assistance.A “better way” for nonprofits and government to partner to address poverty The status quo is not acceptable if nonprofits are expected to develop innovative solutions to meet today’s needs.Health costs, not Obamacare, dominate the future of federal spending Numbers aren’t always popular for those whose facts must fit their storylines, as opposed to those whose storylines evolve from the facts.It’s time to talk about prekindergarten absenteeism As the federal government invests more in prekindergarten and focuses on battling absenteeism, it’s important that policymakers and school administrators consider the link between the two.How Brexit could affect the US housing market Every major sector of the US economy will feel the effects of Great Britain’s shocking vote to exit the European Union and the housing finance system is no exception.Five things cities can do to make the sharing economy work for everyone The sharing economy holds promise for poor and disadvantaged communities—but it has not yet lived up to that potential.