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To modernize an outdated Congressional budget process in light of the daunting economic challenges facing the nation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget today announced a landmark partnership to build bipartisan consensus for a core set of reforms.

Pew, Peterson, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) Partner to Drive Budget Reform

To modernize an outdated Congressional budget process in light of the daunting economic challenges facing the nation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget today announced a landmark partnership to build bipartisan consensus for a core set of reforms.

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The Pre-K Pinch: Early Education and the Middle Class

For far too many middle-class families, the program proven to help all young children enter school ready to learn and succeed is beyond their reach, according to this report released by Pre-K Now. “The Pre-K Pinch” reveals that eligibility requirements and prohibitively high costs leave such families struggling to pay for early education for their kids.More

 

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Social Networks Grow: Friending Mom and Dad

The share of adult Internet users who have a profile on a social networking site has more than quadrupled in the past four years, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's latest survey.


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Susan K. Urahn on States' Responses to the Fiscal Crisis

Our current featured expert is Susan K. Urahn, Managing Director, Pew Center on the States, who discusses states’ responses to the fiscal crisis.

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