February 26, 2010
Idea of the Day: Bringing Household’s Monthly Costs Down to an Affordable Level
A 0.5 percent reduction in the rate on a $100,000 mortgage saves the borrower $35 a month, or alternatively allows a borrower who could afford the higher rate to increase the loan by only roughly $6,000.

February 25, 2010
Idea of the Day: Preserve Housing Affordability with Shared Equity Mechanisms
Without preserving affordability, homeownership assistance at any reasonable level is unlikely to ever have a measurable impact on the homeownership rate.

February 24, 2010
Idea of the Day: How HOME STAR Benefits Everyone
HOME STAR will quickly create tens of thousands of jobs and breathe new life into struggling manufacturing and retail sectors.

February 23, 2010
Idea of the Day: Changing State Tenure Statutes to Incorporate Teacher Effectiveness Data
States that refuse to include any measure of teacher effectiveness in their tenure process—or block districts from doing so—should be ineligible for discretionary federal education funding.

February 22, 2010
Idea of the Day: Pushing States to Develop Meaningful Teacher Evaluation Systems
Most existing state teacher evaluation systems provide little useful information with which to measure teacher effectiveness.

February 19, 2010
Idea of the Day: Potential Benefits of Partnering with ELT Schools
Universities have found partnering with ELT schools a tangible way to fulfill their community involvement goals.

February 18, 2010
Idea of the Day: Schools Must Consider Partners Within Their Purview
Schools in urban areas often have more community partnership opportunities than they can effectively manage.

February 17, 2010
Idea of the Day: Selecting Partners to Meet Students’ Nonacademic Needs
Schools that are specific about their needs up front provide partners with a clear framework to plan their interventions and services.

February 16, 2010
Idea of the Day: Engaging Communities in Our Schools
The president is right to prioritize funding for school-level reforms that facilitate access to important social and health services for students and families.

February 12, 2010
Idea of the Day: Investing in Educational Innovation
The president’s budget goes a long way to improving our nation’s education system.

February 11, 2010
Idea of the Day: Prioritizing More Learning Time
The president’s proposed investment in expanded learning time is a wise investment. More school time, alone, is insufficient.

February 9, 2010
Idea of the Day: Reform Elementary and Secondary School Funding
The administration’s budget proposal does a great deal to help states with many of their most pressing educational needs.

February 8, 2010
Idea of the Day: Improving Access to Great Teachers and Leaders
The teacher and leader pathways program would also offer competitive grants to states and school districts to recruit, prepare and retain effective principals and school leadership teams with the skills to turn around low-performing schools.

February 5, 2010
Idea of the Day: Helping Our Unemployed Youth
These young people need not be left out of the recovery, and in fact, they could become one of our greatest generations.

February 4, 2010
Idea of the Day: Change the Content of Health Professional Training
New health professions education and training models should integrate with health reform measures aimed at insurance coverage, delivery systems, payment systems, and accountability for quality.

February 3, 2010
Idea of the Day: Provide New Funding for Community-Based Physician Training
New federal funding should provide grants and loans for start-up costs associated with developing community-based training activities in underserved communities and populations.

February 2, 2010
Idea of the Day: Allow Federal Funding of Physician Training to Include Community-Based Sites
Both bills in Congress amend Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments to allow time spent by residents in community settings to be reimbursed.

February 1, 2010
Idea of the Day: Increased Funding to Recruit and Graduate Students from Minority and Low-Income Families and Rural Areas
Both the House and Senate bills also include provisions to help expand the diversity of the health workforce.