Democrats used to be into education reform. Then they got tired of fighting the teachers’ unions. Now they’ve abandoned the field.

My latest over at @statesforum.bsky.social:

statesforum.substack.com/p/democrats-...

“It’s like watching a car crash before it happens, knowing it’s going to happen.” @adrianna.bsky.social on Medicaid work requirements that will kick in next year. Reports that 1 in 5 of people she has surveyed say they have not received renewal packages.
@fordschool.bsky.social in Detroit

After years of thinking and writing about why American governance is so clunky and slow, I wrote a book about how our well-intentioned laws have lots of unintended consequences.

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things comes out Dec. 1 from Norton. Pre-order now!

www.nicholasbagley.com

#tbt to this NEJM perspective I wrote with @nbagley.bsky.social and @allanmjoseph.bsky.social nine(!!!) years ago