Metro Policy
Energy Pork: Why the Green Future May Take a While
Stephen Power has a good story in the Wall Street Journal that explains a lot about why America’s clean energy future may be a while in coming. Power notes that although Energy Secretary Steve Chu set out this year to begin reshaping America's energy future with a network of highly-focused, results-oriented research labs, lawmakers have been busy with business-as-usual. READ MORE >>
Stimulus Report Card: Grade N/A
So the first tranche of quarterly data tracking where federal stimulus dollars are going and how they are being used is out and the answer is… well, it’s pretty hard to say. READ MORE >>
The Rise of Rail in Phoenix
What’s So Funny About Newark?
Nobels, Labs, Hubs, and Breakthroughs
Immigrants and Impact Aid for Localities
In a year-long effort to recast the immigration debate, the Brookings-Duke Immigration Policy Roundtable released a set of recommendations that takes on “ways to reduce illegal immigration significantly, set standards for the legalization of illegal immigrants already in this country, rebalance current visa programs, improve temporary worker programs, and assimilate and integrate immigrants into American society.” READ MORE >>
Zoning Caused the Housing Meltdown?
Sharpen Your Pencils for Education Innovation
Pop quiz: You read a draft notice for a federal grant program containing the terms, “internal validity,” “quasi-experimental,” “regression discontinuity,” and “interrupted time series.” The program in question is: a) A CDC program to fund pre-development of the porcupine flu vaccine b) An FDA program to spur commercialization of an at-home test for polonium in your food c) A NASA program to support design of a low-cost module that will allow humans to populate Venus READ MORE >>
