Research and Publications

A new “big-data” base on U.S. school districts provides new evidence that Pennsylvania has many high-performing schools but many...

• K-12 Education
• PA Budget

The Trump-GOP tax cut bill, which passed the House on a party-line vote with twelve Republicans voting against this...

• Federal Taxes
• Federal Budget

With all the controversy over the details of the tax cut bill that is moving towards a final vote...

• Federal Taxes
• Federal Budget

A major issue in the debate over the Republican tax cut bill is whether the deduction for state and...

• Federal Budget
• Federal Taxes

Hello from Paris everyone! I will resist here posting pictures of me eating fancy cheeses and drinking wine.

• Income Inequality

GOP-backed tax bills have passed both the House and the Senate. Many of us have already seen charts that...

• U.S. Economy
• Federal Budget
• Federal Taxes

A large body of research and experience shows that public sector outsourcing often backfires. Rather than resulting in savings...

• K-12 Education
• Labor Unions
• Wages