Too many high school graduates are not academically prepared for the rigors of college-level work. The need for remedial education in college has a negative cost to students, higher education institutions, taxpayers, and the economy. This paper examines the numbers and costs related to remedial education.
Energy & Environment
Fool Me Twice: Why the Texas Grid is Still Vulnerable to Winter Storms | Part 3: How Texas Can Solve Its Winter Reliability Problem
Part 3: How Texas Can Solve Its Winter Reliability Problem Five years after Winter Storm Uri, the ERCOT grid is still not ready for the next major winter storm. The first two installments of this series showed that demand has grown more than 20% since 2021 while firm generation capacity has barely budged, and the...
February 12, 2026