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March 19, 2025
What Can We Learn from Louisiana’s Progress in K–12 Education?
…the National Assessment Governing Board. Louisiana, however, is an outlier: It was one of only two states that experienced growth over its pre-pandemic levels in fourth-grade reading and math, and it…
March 19, 2025
AI and Jobs: Measuring Impact and Building New Assessment Tools
…strategies for creating “headlight” data that can tell us where we might be heading. Event Materials Alex Tamkin et al: Which Economic Tasks Are Performed with AI? Evidence from Millions…
February 6, 2025
The 10th Annual American Family Survey: Opportunities and Obstacles to a Broad-Based Political Coalition for Families
…approaches regarding social media, abortion, and gender issues, and a panel discussion will examine implications for future policies that affect families. Event Materials Chris Karpowitz and Jeremy Pope: The 10th Annual…
September 11, 2024
Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event
…inequality, and the need to promote economically diverse neighborhoods through housing reform. The second panel discussed family policy and the safety net. AEI’s Brad Wilcox argued that marriage matters today…
July 17, 2024
Coming Together on Chronic Absenteeism: Schools’ Top Priority This Year
Event Summary On July 17, AEI’s Nat Malkus was joined by Education Trust’s Denise Forte and Attendance Works’ Hedy Chang to discuss chronic absenteeism. Dr. Malkus presented chronic absenteeism data…
June 20, 2024
The War on Poverty at 60: Lessons to Inform the Future
…measure better reflects material circumstances than income does. AEI’s Richard Burkhauser discussed what a full income poverty measure would entail. The second panel focused on policies enacted during the Great…
May 2, 2024
Lives Cut Short: A Project to Document Child Maltreatment Fatalities
…Pennsylvania State University Antonio Garcia, Buckhorn Professor of Social Work, University of Kentucky John Mattingly, Former Commissioner, New York City Administration for Children’s Services Viola Vaughan-Eden, Professor, Ethelyn R. Strong…
April 22, 2024
The Promise and Peril of Civic Renewal: Richard John Neuhaus, Peter L. Berger, and “To Empower People”
On April 22, AEI and the Ethics & Public Policy Center hosted a discussion on the legacy of Richard John Neuhaus and Peter L. Berger’s 1977 book, To Empower People:…
April 9, 2024
The Case for Curriculum Reform
…Fellow, American Enterprise Institute 4:05 p.m. Panel Discussion Panelists: Barbara Davidson, Executive Director, Knowledge Matters Campaign, StandardsWork Kristen McQuillan, Partner, TNTP Orlando Riddick, Division Superintendent, Houston Independent School District David…
March 19, 2024
Getting K–12 Right
…by the groupthink and political constraints that hamper even farsighted progressives. Event Materials Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane: Getting Education Right: A Conservative Vision for Improving Early Childhood, K–12,…