This week's episode kicks off our first series on education policy. To get started, we'll be looking at No Child Left Behind, the Bush era educational policy that changed the way our students learn, our teachers taught, and the measure of success for schools and districts. There are a lot of different thoughts on what it is and what it did, but we'll get past the rumors on this controversial educational policy and get down to the facts.  Due to the size of this topic, we've broken it into 2 parts: Part I covers: 1. What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2. The History of this Educational Pol ..read more

This week we break down the OASDI social security program and the outdated policy governing the review and adjudication of OASDI claims. Part of determining if someone is eligible for disability benefits is the "Other Work Test". No big deal under normal circumstances, except that people are being denied based on the examiners using data that is at minimum 30 years out of date. Tune in while we talk about the issue and I make some recommendations on what policy changes could be made to better serve Americans. Feel free to comment if you have any suggestions and want to join the conversation.&n ..read more

Want to get a taste for what's in the compromise budget from the U.S. Congress? Join us as we give you the tea on what was in the bill, the significance of avoiding the shut down, and what happens next.  And in our Quick Bites, find out what the big news in Nevada's Cannabis industry is and what bills were recently introduced to the floor to address the needs of indigenous people in the U.S. Show Topics and Sources: S. 5321 "A Bill to Preserve Indian Tribe’s and Native Hawaiian organizations’ autonomy to spectrum..." https://www.warren.senate.gov/legislation  https://www.congress ..read more

Learn what Coffee and Policy Chats is all about and join us when our first episodes drop on January 4th, 2023.  ..read more