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February 12, 2024
Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization
…Bradford Wilcox | Broadside Books | February 13, 2024 Pro-Family Policy Priorities for States W. Bradford Wilcox and Patrick T. Brown | Institute for Family Studies | December 15, 2023…
February 9, 2024
The Upside of the College Enrollment Downswing
…commuting distance of a college or university, unfortunately. But this matters less today than ever before, with online education providing more and higher quality options. A community without a brick-and-mortar…
February 7, 2024
Elite Colleges Need to Offer Less Affirmation. And Insist on More Work.
Recently, I offered a not-so-sophisticated explanation for the histrionics we’ve seen at elite colleges: too many students are simply aimless, lonely, and bored. Well-meaning concern about the mental and emotional state of…
February 7, 2024
The Past and Future of Education Reform
When the French statesman Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand was asked for his thoughts on the Bourbon royal family in exile, he replied, “Ils n’ont rien appris, ni rien oublié.” They have learned…
January 12, 2024
What is the Utah “Family Miracle”?
…in Utah shows some clouds on the horizon.” The state’s marriage and fertility rates are falling. For instance, as I recently noted in the Deseret News with Patrick Brown and Jenet Erickson, “In 2012,…
December 15, 2023
Pro-Family Policy Priorities for States
Introduction America’s system of federalism means that the is- sues that most directly impact the lives of parents and families are often most appropriately dealt with at the state level….
December 13, 2023
Stronger Families, Safer Streets
…families—in too many of our cities may also have a hand in urban crime. Princeton sociologist Patrick Sharkey, for instance, has argued that nonprofits “focused on reducing violence and building…
December 12, 2023
Virginia’s Gov. Youngkin Offers A Republican Path On Pre-K
The public wins when Democrats and Republicans are both offering principled solutions to pressing challenges. That’s too rarely been the case when it comes to early childhood education. For a…
December 11, 2023
How Public Housing Encourages Single Parenthood and Penalizes Marriage
…point: who are the “families with the lowest incomes”? Here’s who they are not: married couples. Both public and subsidized housing—“brick and mortar” housing projects and housing vouchers, which together…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
The Biden administration has abolished the federal student-loan program, at least if a “student-loan program” is one in which students borrow money and then eventually repay it. What’s being erected…