Factual Foundations of Policy

From COVID to AI: What’s Next for Teachers’ Unions? | Michael T. Hartney | Melissa Lyon

In the wake of COVID, the rise of AI, and sweeping political change, education is being transformed— raising new questions about the future role of teachers’ unions. In a new episode, Michael Hartney and Melissa Lyon join host Tom Church to examine the role of teachers’ unions in American education at a time of declining student achievement, post-COVID learning loss, and rapid technological change. Drawing on research about union membership, collective bargaining, and teacher strikes, the discussion explores how unions shape both education policy and working conditions. It also reviews evidence on their effects on education spending, teacher compensation, and student outcomes. To learn more, visit hoover.org/tennenbaum [https://www.hoover.org/tennenbaum].

The Future Of The Affordable Care Act | Lanhee Chen | Nancy-Ann DeParle

The enhanced ACA premium tax credits have now expired. What does that mean for affordability, coverage levels, and the future of US healthcare reform? Lanhee Chen and Nancy-Ann DeParle discuss the policy tradeoffs ahead — and whether Washington can find common ground on what comes next. To learn more, visit hoover.org/tennenbaum [https://www.hoover.org/tennenbaum].

Energy Realities and Climate Policies: Three Experts Speak

Energy realities and climate policy provide the factual foundations necessary to understand the interaction of Energy Policy, National Security, Economic Prosperity, and Environmental Stewardship. The experts provide vital information on Energy supply, growing energy demand for AI, the limited impacts of climate policies on actual climate outcomes, and the need to accommodate energy realities as the basis for policy decisions.  Emphasis is placed on several realities; 1) The vast size of the US and global energy sector, 2) Whiole renewables have grown rapidly, they added to energy sources, on balance have not much replaced fossil fuels which have continued to grow and still account for 80% of energy supply, 3) The need for a full cycle evaluation of climate policies to assess their net impact. To learn more, visit hoover.org/tennenbaum [https://www.hoover.org/tennenbaum].

US Energy Security: How We Got Here and Where We Are Headed featuring Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin examines how American energy innovation reshaped global power dynamics while revealing the uncomfortable realities of an energy transition that pits wealthy nations' climate ambitions against developing countries' urgent need for economic growth. RELATED SOURCES: * Read US Energy Security [https://www.hoover.org/research/us-energy-security] by Daniel Yergin. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  * Prefer the podcast version? Subscribe here [https://factual-foundations-of-policy.podbean.com/].

What We Know About Teachers and School Choice featuring Paul E. Peterson

Paul Peterson examines how outdated teacher pay systems reward credentials over classroom results, while exploring charter schools' emerging success in urban education. Peterson also analyzes fresh approaches to educator compensation and traces the expansion of school choice despite fierce debates about its impact. Learn more about the Tennenbaum Program for Fact-Based Policy [https://www.hoover.org/research-teams/tennenbaum-program-fact-based-policy] program.  Watch Part 1: What We Know About Our Schools and Achievement featuring Paul E. Peterson [https://www.hoover.org/research/what-we-know-about-our-schools-and-achievement-featuring-paul-e-peterson] RELATED SOURCES: * Read Introduction: What We Know About Our Schools [https://www.hoover.org/research/introduction-what-we-know-about-our-schools] by Michael J. Boskin. * Read What We Know About Our Schools [https://www.hoover.org/research/what-we-know-about-our-schools] by Paul E. Peterson and Nora Gordon.  * Read key points about teacher quality and compensation [https://www.hoover.org/research/teachers-us-education] in K-12 education. * Read key points about school choice [https://www.hoover.org/research/school-choice-us-education] in K-12 education. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  Watch previous episodes of Factual Foundations of Policy on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKruweaZqDNe4HIS9JKfYJiL6ge6i9eFT]. Prefer the podcast version? Subscribe here [https://factual-foundations-of-policy.podbean.com/].