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August 28, 2023
Here’s a Kind of Job-Training Program That Works
…in a federal program that has had decades of success in helping states create and support projects that conduct home visits for pregnant women and new mothers, the Maternal, Infant, and…
August 28, 2023
Where Does School Time Go?
…never enough time? It’s because too much time gets lost and wasted. In 2021, in a far-too-unusual study of schools in Providence, Rhode Island, researchers Matt Kraft and Manuel Monti-Nussbaum documented just…
August 24, 2023
Want To End Apartment Warehousing? Ease Up On Rent-Control Laws
…improvements” to units to just $15,000 over a 15-year period. That means that no matter how much owners must spend to repair heating systems, roofs and windows, they’ll be limited…
August 24, 2023
Baby Boom Or Bust
…parks, trails and mountains materially make parents’ lives better, in part because of policies and institutions that help parents utilize them. The women enroll their children in My Tech High,…
August 24, 2023
The Hill that Public Education Dies on: Transgender Policies’ Utter Contempt for Parents
…believe it’s “inappropriate for teachers to discuss trans identity in elementary schools.” Other polls have found strong majorities of parents think transgender students should use bathrooms and locker rooms to match their…
August 17, 2023
The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters
…and political endowments, including unusually high levels of social capital and low levels of government regulation. But Utah’s material and emotional success is also attributable to the strength and stability…
August 16, 2023
How to Strengthen the ‘Success Sequence’ in Utah
…much economic and family security matter for their welfare. What is the ‘success sequence’? Research tells us that education, work and marriage — especially marriage prior to having children —…
August 14, 2023
Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong
…in part to the state’s unique civic, religious, and political endowments, including unusually high levels of social capital and low levels of government regulation. But Utah’s material and emotional success…
August 11, 2023
Why Does NY Campaign To Stop Smoking But Not Illicit Drug Use?
…is no small matter in light of the latest Gallup survey finding 17% of Americans regularly smoke pot. Yet the state OCM chooses not to draw attention to health matters;…
August 10, 2023
The Real Reason People Leave Religion
…own professional life or, as one ages, the professional prospects of one’s children. Workism reigns in America, and because of it, community in America, religious community included, is a math…