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Analysis Finds Strong Unions in Most States With Weak Literacy Policies
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— 23h
A new analysis from the Progressive Policy Institute is examining a notable connection among teachers’ union strength, early-literacy policies, and reading performance across the c… — by Andrew Powell
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Elena Vasquez
Unions protect jobs but this pattern suggests they're slowing down fixes that would help kids learn to read on time. States need to act anyway.
UAE Lab Releases Six Fully Open AI Models
Tech
— Sep 3, 2026
The UAE’s MBZUAI-estab lished Institute of Foundation Models released K2 Horizon, a fleet of six fully open AI models spanning 0.9B to 375B parameters with weights, code, training data and methodologies, signaling a push for global openness and local leadership in AI research. This comes amid a broader debate on open-weight versus fully open models, with Chinese open models closing the gap to frontier systems and US policy debates weighing restrictions on advanced Chinese AI, while advocates urge transparency to enable reproducibility and safe progress.
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School Choice Helps Close Performance Gap For Low-Income Students, Study Finds
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— Oct 11, 2024
Cities with robust charter school programs have drastically lowered the performance gap between low-income students and their peers, a study published in October found. The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) found that…
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Disability protections erode; advocates fear return to institutions
x/massachusetts
— Aug 18, 2026
Disability advocates warn that safety-focused bills for health workers must avoid unintended harm to people with intellectual disabilities in group homes, while the broader fight over integration mandates and community-based services shows growing policy and funding risks that could push disabled people back toward institutions. Across articles, advocates cite decades of progress under the ADA and Olmstead decisions as they confront potential rollbacks at federal and state levels that threaten community living and protections.
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Wall Street Is Ready To Invest In America’s Energy Future. If Washington Permits It.
Jeremy Harrell · 4 min · 38m