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August 29, 2023
Skate Parks: Appreciating Another Third Place
…as parks have “a ton of diversity . . . from gender, from race, from a socioeconomic standpoint.” I have seen this nationwide with my children and many others have…
August 28, 2023
Here’s a Kind of Job-Training Program That Works
JOB-TRAINING AND WORKFORCE-DEVELOPMENT programs have long been plagued by weak wage and job-persistence outcomes. Since the United States spends markedly less on these types of programs than do other developed nations, it’s…
August 28, 2023
Where Does School Time Go?
…Three decades ago, the National Education Commission on Time and Learning observed, “Learning in America is a prisoner of time. For the past 150 years, American public schools have held time…
August 24, 2023
Baby Boom Or Bust
…at all. I’ve just spoken with Natalie Gochnour, the demographics expert and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. When I brought up the…
August 24, 2023
The Hill that Public Education Dies on: Transgender Policies’ Utter Contempt for Parents
…If teachers in our nation’s public schools wish to restore and maintain Americans’ trust in education, they must be willing to acknowledge a simple fact about their profession: They’re not…
August 17, 2023
The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters
…“Utah economic miracle” — marked by exceptional economic growth, a favorable business climate and high rates of economic mobility — has garnered attention across the nation and helps explain why…
August 16, 2023
How to Strengthen the ‘Success Sequence’ in Utah
…in Utah are more likely to follow the sequence than their peers across the nation, we have witnessed an erosion of commitment to the latter two steps even in the…
August 14, 2023
Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong
…economy is widely seen as the best in the nation. The “Utah economic miracle”—marked by exceptional economic growth, a favorable business climate, and high rates of economic mobility—has garnered attention…
August 14, 2023
Tracking Plans to Make Pandemic Benefit Expansions Permanent
…college, green energy, a new national paid leave program, and much more. The following selections from AEI-authored op-eds and blog posts review more details about these efforts to extend pandemic…
August 13, 2023
The Bill to Repair NYCHA Projects Doubles—but Pols Won’t Fix the System
…least 330,000 New Yorkers live. The essential problem, of course, is the age of the nation’s largest public-housing system and the fact maintenance has long been deferred. The vision for…