States are investing in expanding their pre-K programs. More than 1.5 million children were enrolled in a state-funded pre-K in 2022–23, about twice the number who
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In November 2024, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommended that Congress establish a Manhattan Project-like program for developing artificial general intelligence (AGI). While U.S. leadership in
Akey concern that surfaced during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was whether educators’ low levels of morale under chaotic teaching conditions would lastingly damage
In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful
The 2008 crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic presented monetary policy frameworks worldwide with significant challenges. This column reports the results of an updating of the
The price fluctuations seen in housing markets since the COVID-19 pandemic have rekindled interest in the question of whether we can distinguish between ‘good’ housing
Though geopolitical risks can dampen business sentiment – constraining firm investment and international trade – there is less evidence of how such tensions affect households.