NJ Child Care Industry Struggling to Regain Workers, Report Finds
Debra Lancaster, the Executive Director for the Rutgers Center for Women and Work, discusses the current status of NJ's childcare work force post-COVID with NJ 101.5.
New research shows that New Jersey’s childcare crisis is real | Opinion
In this opinion piece, Professor Sarah Small and Executive Director Elizabeth Cooner address the childcare shortage in New Jersey following the pandemic.
Stuart Shapiro discusses West Virginia v. EPA on FedScoop podcast
Principal Investigator Stuart Shapiro was a guest expert on the latest FedScoop podcast from Gov Actually (Episode 57) titled “The Supreme Court’s Impact on Federal Regulations,” on July 21, 2022.
Did the Supreme Court just tell the Senate to abolish the filibuster?
Stuart Shaprio offers his take on the filibuster in this opinion piece for The Hill: "Getting rid of the filibuster will not lead to an avalanche of legislation. It will just lead to more than we get now."
Charles Payne co-authors Dignity-Affirming Education: Cultivating the Somebodiness of Students and Educators
The word “dignity” is not typically used in education, yet it is at the core of strong pedagogy. This book names the concept and shows readers what education looks like when it is centered on students’ dignity.
Policy Fellows Stamato and Jaffe Suggest Negotiation for Aiding Talks in the Russia-Ukraine War
"Negotiation may be more promising if the focus shifts from a final resolution of the protracted conflict to an interim plan with these initial objectives: (a) to cease the fighting and (b) to consider occupied territory “neutral,” and under a protectorate, until a complete resolution can be determined."
Public Views on the Reallocation of Street Space Due to COVID-19
New Research from Professors Robert B. Noland, Evan Iacobucci, and Wenwen Zhang evaluate the support for street space that was reallocated during the pandemic.
Where exactly is the state bank we were promised? | Opinion
In this opinion piece, Policy Fellow Linda Stamato goes in search of New Jersey's promised state bank which has yet to materialize.
Gregory Porumbescu co-authors Government Transparency State of the Art and New Perspectives
Part of the Elements in Public Policy series, the authors argue that to understand why transparency “works” in one context, but fails in another, we have to take into account how institutional (macro), organizational (meso) contexts interact with individual behavior (micro).
Child-care costs take center stage
Debra Lancaster, Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Women and Work, was quoted in an article by Politico discussing the current state of the childcare industry in New Jersey and the work the NJ State Assembly committees are doing to bolster it.