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News January 26, 2024

CNN Newsource affiliates: “Working families face challenges”

"Wendy Edelberg of the Brookings Institution says the childcare system suffers from under-investment from training to retaining workers."
News January 25, 2024

Marketplace: “Cha-ching! Can you hear the economy growing?”

"Wendy Edelberg of The Hamilton Project doesn’t want to jinx it, but it looks like the economy has made a ‘soft landing.’"
News January 17, 2024

WUSF: Charter schools continue to grow across the Tampa Bay area

"Sofoklis Goulas, an economics and education researcher with the Brookings Institution, said the COVID-19 pandemic impacted where families choose to send their…
News January 9, 2024

The 74 Million: Exclusive data: Thousands of schools at risk of closing due to enrollment loss

“In an October paper, Brookings researchers found that over a four-year period that includes the pandemic, about 12% of elementary schools and 9% of middle sch…
News January 4, 2024

The Wall Street Journal: The hidden force pushing mortgage rates down

“‘The people who are really holding these financial instruments seem a lot less worried about this market,’ said Wendy Edelberg, a senior fellow in economic st…
News December 22, 2023

POLITICO: States slow to opt into permanent summer meals program

“A 2020 study from The Hamilton Project, an economic policy group within the Brookings Institution, found preliminary evidence that the program meaningfully re…
News December 22, 2023

Marketplace: With prices falling and incomes rising, consumers get a break in time for Christmas

“Why is income growing so much now? It’s hard to say. ‘I mean, we’re going to be debating this as economists for years to come,’ said Wendy Edelberg at the Bro…
News December 19, 2023

The New York Times: As need rises, housing aid hits lowest level in nearly 25 years

“In the past 40 years, entitlements have grown 15 times as fast as discretionary programs outside of defense, Robert Greenstein of the Brookings Institution ha…
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