Joshua Bleiberg
Brookings
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Josh:
Policymakers shouldn’t underestimate the value of high-quality education data
Over the past 10 years, many states—including Tennessee, North Carolina, Delaware, and others—have transformed their education data systems by improving both quality and depth. In part, this has fu… → Read More
2017: E-Rate’s make or break year
The underappreciated but critically important E-Rate program faces a fork in the road in 2017. Created during the Clinton administration, E-Rate originally intended to make it easier for schools to… → Read More
Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman
On March 9, the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings will host a book launch event featuring Brookings distinguished fellow, Israeli Institute President, and former Israeli ambassador to the United States, Itamar Rabinovich and his new book, “Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman.” → Read More
Personalized learning is a useful tool, not a panacea
Personalized learning shows great promise as a strategy, but scaling this intervention up presents very serious challenges, argues Joshua Bleiberg. → Read More
Pushing education forward with education technology standards
The 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP) includes recommendations to incorporate technology in schools. Joshua Bleiberg asserts that a collaboration between NETP and the Department of Education could revolutionize education technology, bringing technical standards in the classroom up to date. → Read More
Overcoming state education data capacity issues
Data, if used appropriately, has the potential to improve education systems, writes Joshua Bleiberg. But, further investment in the form of technical and financial support is required from both states and the federal government to improve upon those gains. → Read More
Making data work for students: Why research partnerships between academics and policymakers are critical
Joshua Bleiberg highlights the variety of purposes and challenges of using data, like State Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDSs), in schools. He writes that to harness the power of data to improve instruction, it is necessary to balance the needs of government officials and researchers. → Read More
Making data work for students: Why research partnerships between academics and policymakers are critical
Joshua Bleiberg highlights the variety of purposes and challenges of using data, like State Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDSs), in schools. He writes that to harness the power of data to improve instruction, it is necessary to balance the needs of government officials and researchers. → Read More
Support for Common Core continues to wane
Josh Bleiberg summarizes four years of survey data related to public opinion of the Common Core, which demonstrate waning support and growing opposition to the standards. → Read More
Revisiting the importance of the National Broadband Plan
In 2009, Congress included a provision in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that directed the Federal Communications Commission to develop a National Broadband Plan (NBP). Recently several experts gathered at a Brookings Institution event to analyze the progress that the U.S. has made since the NBP’s development. → Read More
Obama’s three ideas to improve digital public services
In a recent exclusive interview, President Obama discussed the efforts his administration has made to improve digital services in the federal government. The president discussed his frustrations and hopes for how the government can better leverage technology. → Read More
The benefits of a Digital Single Market in Europe and the United States
The European Union is currently working on simplifying the rules that govern E-Commerce. Recently European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip spoke at a Brookings Institution event. His speech reveals that both America and Europe have a great deal to gain from the DSM. → Read More
The benefits of exchanging health information
Policy experts have long opined that healthcare spending in the U.S. is massively inefficient. In a new paper Niam Yaraghi presents his empirical analysis of doctors who used electronic health databases and substantively large positive impacts. → Read More
How you can vote on the future of the Internet for Development
Each year the World Bank produces the World Development Report, which tackles an important policy issue. The topic of the 2016 edition is ‘the Internet for Development.’ → Read More
Your medical data: You don’t own it, but you can have it
Your medical records do not belong to you, they are owned by your doctor. Health providers are permitted to charge a reasonable fee for duplicating records. But, in an age of digital records are those fees sound policy? → Read More
Have you pressed the button?
The button started as a simple April Fools’ Day prank on Reddit, the Internet super-forum. As of the publication of this post over 800,000 people have pressed the button and in a little under a month the clock has never reach zero. The wild success of the button holds interesting lessons for how to develop public policies in the Internet age. → Read More