Progress Report from PPI will be delivered to your inbox each week with the latest writings, reports, and research from the Progressive Policy Institute. Monday, October 28, 2019 Our newsletter format is getting an update! Progress Report from PPI will be delivered to your inbox each week with the latest writings, reports, and research from the Progressive Policy Institute. Will Marshall for The Hill: "Trump's Syria blunder is escapism not strategy" Read the Op-Ed ICYMI: The Progressive Roots of Charter Schools Improving public education has long been a cornerstone of the Democratic platform. Because progressives understand that access to a quality education is the gateway to a better life, our decades-long struggle to promote equal rights and opportunity for all Americans has been deeply tied to our struggle to create an effective public school system, writes Emily Langhorne for PPI. Read the Report Can HEA Reauthorization Help Close America’s Skills Gap? Although reauthorization is long overdue, the new legislation, called the College Affordability Act, proposes mainly marginal improvements to a broken higher education financing system, writes Ryan Craig in a new report for PPI. Read the Report The Hill: Op-Ed by Ryan Craig: "Can higher ed bill reauthorization close America's skills gap?" Read the Op-Ed Bledsoe for Medium: "Trump’s Ukraine-Gate Attacks on Biden Echo Watergate" Trump’s Ukraine-gate outrages are about exactly the same thing Watergate was: A corrupt President of the United States illegally attempting to destroy the Democratic presidential candidate he most fears will beat him for re-election, writes PPI's Paul Bledsoe on Medium. READ MORE PPI | progressivepolicy.org ‌ ‌ ‌ Progressive Policy Institute | 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Suite 575, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!