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September 26, 2023
Former Foster Kids Need More Than Higher Education
…but they don’t really address the heart of the problem. To begin with, nationwide, only about half of youth raised in foster care end up finishing high school. In New York City,…
September 25, 2023
As NYC Reels from Fentanyl Day Care Tragedy, Child Care Overdoses Are More Common Than We Think
…the children are always the victims in these things,” John Walters, former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy during the George W. Bush administration, said…
September 21, 2023
The Two-Parent Advantage
…odds that more mothers and fathers will give their kids the benefit of being raised by married parents. W. Bradford Wilcox, professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project…
September 20, 2023
Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?
…economic success. We used panel data from the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY). The NLSY79 consists of a nationally representative sample of 12,686 men…
September 19, 2023
It’s OK to Like Both Public Schools and School Choice
…one roof. At a time when transportation and communication were limited, educational choice was naturally constrained. Today, those constraints are dusty memories. New tools have made it possible to communicate,…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…the rising cost of college and a “national narrative that questioned the value of college,” as reasons WVU would expect to see fewer applicants in coming years. It is now…
September 18, 2023
There’s an Easy Fix That Would Solve Our Housing Crisis: Light Touch Density
…a single parcel of land, LTD is both naturally affordable and naturally inclusionary, creating upward mobility naturally through a more accessible housing market. All it takes is repealing the laws…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…what they have borrowed, if anything at all. As my colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, Nat Malkus, has argued, Biden’s IDR reforms would ostensibly transform a loan repayment program into…
September 18, 2023
Biden’s Latest Student-Loan Plan Is Another Disaster
Late last month, President Biden and his Department of Education announced the launch of the “SAVE” Plan, a reform that expands existing income-driven repayment (IDR) programs to the tune of up to $550 billion. Now,…
September 17, 2023
Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
Utah was just acknowledged by WalletHub as the happiest state in the nation, and it’s no secret that Utah leads many state performance rankings in America. From the economy — including…