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Time for Change: A New Federal Strategy to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College

May 7, 2013, Ron Haskins and Cecilia Elena Rouse

Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?

May 7, 2013

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Subsidizing Higher Education May Not Be Paying Off

May 7, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins

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Improving College Prep. for Low-Income Students

May 7, 2013, Ron Haskins and Cecilia Elena Rouse

On the Budget, Obama's Opening Bid Was Reasonable

April 16, 2013, Ron Haskins

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s Federal Budget Proposal for FY 2014

April 11, 2013, Ron Haskins, Isabel V. Sawhill and Bill Frenzel

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Knot Yet: The Future of Marriage in the U.S.

March 20, 2013

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Three Simple Rules Poor Teens Should Follow to Join the Middle Class

March 13, 2013, Ron Haskins

Establishing a Task Force for Expanding Preschool Programs

February 13, 2013, Ron Haskins

Don’t hold your breath [on Obama seriously tackling entitlement reform]. He has every reason to sit tight and play to his base. The American public is very much on his side.

February 11, 2013, Ron Haskins, The Daily Beast

A State of the Union Wish List

February 8, 2013, Ron Haskins

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s State of the Union Priorities

February 7, 2013, Sarah A. Binder, William A. Galston, Ron Haskins and Thomas E. Mann

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Do Republicans Stand a Chance on Immigration Reform?

February 7, 2013, Ron Haskins

Going Big On Deficit Reduction Is Dead. Now What?

January 14, 2013, Ron Haskins

The Exaggerated Death of the Middle Class

December 11, 2012, Ron Haskins and Scott Winship

A Bipartisan Proposal: Go Medium to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

December 5, 2012, Ron Haskins and Michael E. O'Hanlon

A Poverty and Opportunity Agenda: What’s in Store for the Next Four Years

December 5, 2012

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The Fiscal Cliff: Predictable, Reprehensible, But Still Avoidable

November 6, 2012, Ron Haskins

The Looming Fiscal Cliff: Little Room for Optimism

October 17, 2012, Ron Haskins

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Can Academic Standards Boost Literacy and Close the Achievement Gap?

October 2, 2012, Ron Haskins, Richard Murnane, Isabel V. Sawhill and Catherine Snow

Children’s Literacy: Raising the Bar

October 2, 2012

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Pathways to the Middle Class: Balancing Personal and Public Responsibilities

September 20, 2012

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The Federal Budget Sequester Is Coming, and It Won’t Be Pretty

September 17, 2012, Ron Haskins

Poverty and Income in 2011: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean

September 12, 2012

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[Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush] both contributed [to the national debt]. I'm not too worked up about attributing 27 percent to this and 36 percent to that. But, the fact is that both presidents were irresponsible. We’re seeing the impact of that now.

September 5, 2012, Ron Haskins, PolitiFact