Monday Links

Public school open enrollment. In states that allow it, 10% of students attend a school based on choice, not on their residence.

Student grades are higher when there is a father around.

Analysis: work requirements lead to more work and higher incomes.

Trustees: Social Security and Medicare Part A each have 8 years: With no reform, SS must be cut by 19%; Medicare by 11%.

The combined (Republican) Medicaid and SNAP cuts of $110 billion a year will represent just 2.9 percent of total state spending.

Of all the provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill, expanding the Health Savings Account tax cut garnered the highest support: 68% among Democrats, 77% among Republicans, and 67% among Independents. (Harvard CAP/Harris Poll on page 51)