Both my own research and reading in the literature suggests that EPA has serious problems in the way it employs scientific information when it assesses both the potential benefits, and potential costs of existing and proposed public policies.

The broader issue of how we can rethink the teaching profession, make fuller use of talented teachers, and wisely spend the dollars we do have is more important than debating what the "right" wage level should be.

Keep seven keys in mind when making sense of what the Republican field is (and isn't) saying on education.

Almost everything you hear at graduations - and read on the internet, and watch on television - focuses on the idea of work, especially entrepreneurship, as a means of self-expression and (to use the term from David Brooks) self-actualization.

If another generation experiences economic stagnation, Japan's otherwise stable democracy could be put to a test.

High-speed railways are not a financially effective enterprise, and China's plan to lead the way in this form of transportation will end up costing them.

President Obama's policies will choke off private sector economic growth, limiting employment opportunities and reducing hope for the young voters that bought into the president's promise of hope and change.