Fred Dews, Brookings

Fred Dews

Brookings

Washington, DC, United States

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Past articles by Fred:

Computer science education builds skills for life

Emiliana Vegas and Michael Hansen discuss their new report on how computer science education builds life skills, not just computer programmers. And Adie Tomer talks about the new infrastructure program, calling it the largest single investment in the country’s built environment in decades. → Read More

Playful learning: A new path to education reform

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Helen Hadani discuss their education policy reform proposal for playful learning and how it can instill the 21st-century skills people need to thrive. Also, Amy Liu introduces the Blueprints for American Renewal and Prosperity project. → Read More

Charts of the week: Climate change costs and emissions targets

A collection of charts and data from climate-change related posts from recent Brookings research. → Read More

How the opioid epidemic has affected the U.S. labor force, county-by-county

A synopsis of the new paper by Alan Krueger in the Fall 2017 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Krueger, a Princeton University economist, takes a close look at the labor force implications of the opioid epidemic on a local and national level. → Read More

Trans-Atlantic data flows: The view from Europe

The U.S.-EU Privacy Shield framework, the agreement between the U.S. government and the European Commission that enables continued flows of commercial data from Europe to the United States, is unde… → Read More

A primer on gerrymandering and political polarization

The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced that it will hear a Wisconsin case on political gerrymandering. What does research tell us about the relationship between gerrymandering and partisanship? And, what are the solutions? → Read More

Career paths and earnings after college

In this episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Ryan Nunn, a fellow in Economic Studies and policy director for the Hamilton Project, addresses the earnings of college graduates based on their choices in career path and course of study. → Read More

Proud to pay taxes

Vanessa Williamson, fellow in Governance Studies, explains why the civic commitment of tax paying makes Americans proud and how misinformation about the tax system can negatively influence public p… → Read More

The Pakistan challenge

Bruce Riedel, senior fellow and director of the Brookings Intelligence Project, offers his expert view on the policy challenges facing the new administration with respect to Pakistan, their double-… → Read More

President Trump’s First 100 Days: What Brookings experts are saying, 3/24/17

In week nine of Donald Trump’s presidency, the House of Representatives voted on their replacement for the Affordable Care Act, Senators asked Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch questions, and FBI … → Read More

What we learned from BPEA 2017

The latest economic research: “Deaths of despair” are on the rise, Trump’s wall is unnecessary, and more → Read More

What went wrong with college sports

Donna A. Lopiano, adjunct lecturer in sports management at Southern Connecticut State University and president of Sports Management Resources consulting firm, and former Women’s Athletic Dire… → Read More

Regulatory policy in the Trump administration

Philip Wallach, senior fellow in Governance Studies, breaks down the regulatory process and considers the shape of regulation in Trump’s administration. Also in this episode, an excerpt from an eve… → Read More

President Trump’s First 100 Days: What Brookings experts are saying, 3/10/17

In week seven of Donald Trump’s presidency, Republicans unveiled a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, the White House enacted a new executive order on refugees and immigration, and Nort… → Read More

President Trump’s First 100 Days: What Brookings experts are saying, 3/3/17

Here’s week six of what Brookings experts are saying in the first 100 days about the Trump administration’s policy choices, personnel decisions, and engagements with global and domestic events. To … → Read More

Understanding the global refugee crisis

Jessica Brandt, associate fellow in Foreign Policy and special assistant to the president in the Executive Office, examines the state of the global refugee crisis today and addresses what steps the… → Read More

What Brookings experts are saying about President Trump’s first address to Congress

Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress. It was not a traditional “State of the Union” speech, but it is customary for a new pre… → Read More

Is Russia a threat?

Steven Pifer, senior fellow and director of the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, examines the relationship between the U.S. and Russia in terms of nuclear policy, arms control, and th… → Read More

NATO Secretary-General: Russia’s Annexation of Crimea Is Illegal and Illegitimate

Today, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) is hosting NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen for a Statesman’s Forum address on the importance of the transatlantic alliance and how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is evolving to address new common security challenges. In his remarks, Secretary-General Rasmussen clearly stated that "Russia's military aggression in… → Read More

11 Facts about the Millennial Generation

Millennials, those born between 1982 and 2003, are "a cohort whose dominating presence will make its behaviors the major motif of American life in the next decade," write the authors of a new paper, "How Millennials Could Upend Wall Street and Corporate America." Morley Winograd and Michael Hais present new findings about how members of the Millennial generation view banking, finance and… → Read More