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March 6, 2024

It’s Time to Scrap the Federal Student Loan Program

…their income over 225% of the federal poverty level and balances will be forgiven after as little as a decade. Under Biden’s new rules, Urban Institute scholars have calculated that not even…

March 5, 2024

A Conservative Vision for Education Reform

…public discourse. We don’t imagine that the two of us, a couple of education scholars, can do more than make a small contribution on this count. There is, though, at…

March 4, 2024

As the family goes, so goes the state. Utah gets this

…of what strong families contribute to society is reflected in Utah policymaking during the 2024 legislative session. For example, lawmakers enacted legislation — informed by scholarship from the Sutherland Institute and the…

December 8, 2023

Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”

…150 percent) and will have all loan balances forgiven after as little as 10 years. Urban Institute scholars Jason Delisle and Jason Cohn calculate that less than one-third of undergraduate borrowers in…

December 1, 2023

Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood

…in itself is more than sufficient to raise fine sons,” said psychologist Peggy Drexler of Cornell University. But in recent years, we have seen a growing recognition from scholars and…

November 27, 2023

For kids, marriage still matters

The science could not be clearer: On average, the children of married parents are more likely to experience happier, healthier and more successful lives. Brookings Institution scholar Melissa Kearney powerfully…

October 27, 2023

What liberals don’t understand about men and marriage

…Marriage Project, is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a visiting scholar at the Sutherland Institute. He is the author of the forthcoming book…

September 29, 2023

How Well Is Rural America Doing? You’d Be Surprised

…found exploitative of the suffering and despair of poor whites principally as a way to generate capital for the author’s other interests. But fear not: Currid-Halkett is a serious scholar with genuine…

September 21, 2023

The Two-Parent Advantage

…us that a stable, married family still gives children a leg up in life. I was thinking of surveys of family scholarship like this one from the Brookings-Princeton journal, Future of Children, reporting…

September 20, 2023

Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?

…leaves everyone better off, including the children.”3 Meanwhile, some family scholars have speculated that “the consequences of divorce should become smaller when the divorce rates increase, because the higher these…