The Academy’s Grand Challenge of Connecting Individuals to Meaningful Work indicates that an individual’s work requires several elements to be meaningful and should provide people with a sense of fulfillment
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By Jim Cook, MITRE Vice President for Strategic Engagement and Partnerships Our nation currently faces a cybersecurity and technology workforce gap that impacts the public and private sectors alike. The
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By Henry Cisneros and Sarah Rosen Wartell, Academy Fellows. On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The IIJA will provide $550 billion in
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On November 15th, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA). The IIJA is an investment in America’s infrastructure that will provide $550 billion in new investments
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The pandemic and related economic disruptions have simultaneously fueled a labor shortage and a loss of jobs in the United States. Early in the pandemic, the labor force participation rate
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The IIJA is a $1.2T bipartisan funding measure that, while not explicitly written to address climate change, contains funding for renewable energy and resilient infrastructure improvements. It directs over $100B
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This is a repost article from the Urban Institute written by Libby Doyle and Leah Sakala. Access the PDF here. KEY TAKEAWAYS Cities have made new investments in nonpolice entities
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The educational opportunities available in a community, both in and out of school, are reflected in students’ average test scores. These test scores are influenced by opportunities to learn at
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State and local governments are a major piece of the U.S. economy, accounting for about 13% of all employment. However, unlike the federal government, state and local governments typically have
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Depending on the state, teachers make between 2.0% and 32.7% less than other comparable college-educated workers Swift herself directed a short video based on the song, six more versions of
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A recent study published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy examines the link between the political participation of the young and fiscal policies in the United States. The study
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