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March 14, 2024
The “No Excuses” Model Is Due for a Renaissance
…would be a good demonstration of “The Michaela Way.” I wrote about my visit for National Review and concluded with the hope that Birbalsingh might someday seize the opportunity afforded by the fast-growing universal…
March 14, 2024
The Chipping Away at Safe Haven Laws
…baby, inquire about whether their relatives might want to care for the baby, and find out if the infant is of Native American ancestry. “How is this possible that this…
March 12, 2024
Family Dinners Offer a Silver Lining in a Bleak Social Capital Landscape
…trend. The National Survey of Children’s Health, sponsored by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, has been fielded numerous times since 2003….
March 11, 2024
How Many Forms of “Wage Insurance” Do We Need, Exactly?
…claiming the credit and effectively reviving work-free welfare checks. That goes against the very nature of a tax credit such as the CTC, which is, by definition, intended to offset…
March 11, 2024
Taking On the College Cartel
…oaths, grade inflation, enrollment cliffs, and stretched institutional budgets have all added up to a crisis of confidence—inside higher education and among the broader public. Trust in the nation’s colleges…
March 11, 2024
Why Educators Often Have It Wrong About Right-Leaning Parents
…percent or more of the nation can wind up feeling maligned or misunderstood. Over the years, educators have talked a lot about code-switching as a way to advance understanding and…
March 8, 2024
State of the Union – Biden’s Housing Proposals Would be Harmful, Not Helpful
…and drive up home prices. If more states implement light-touch density, which moderately increases density and makes such development by-right, they will unleash a swarm of naturally affordable small-scale development….
March 7, 2024
Growing Congressional Dysfunction Will Worsen Our Fiscal Problems
…notice. One of the few significant bills to clear the House this session is a bipartisan tax bill that advanced only because it includes apparent savings sufficient to cover the cost of its temporary tax cuts and benefit increases. Such politically acceptable savings provisions are naturally in…
March 6, 2024
College or Trade School? How About Both?
…the false dichotomies that riddle discussions about post-secondary education. The most important thing to remember about the benefits and costs of college education is that national wealth is directly related to levels of…
March 6, 2024
It’s Time to Scrap the Federal Student Loan Program
…is making the problem worse. In lieu of a student lending program, he’s busy establishing a massive government subsidy to the affluent, the nation’s college-goers, and the higher education cartel….