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September 26, 2023
Former Foster Kids Need More Than Higher Education
…only a quarter of kids who have spent time in foster care actually graduate from high school in four years. Why are we so fixated on getting kids a college degree when…
September 22, 2023
Repairing the Damage Columbia’s Teachers College Did to American Kids Will Take Years
…that’s just not the way reading works. There are no quick fixes. It will take patience and political will to ensure this time, Lucy Calkins’ methods remain dead and buried….
September 21, 2023
The Two-Parent Advantage
…Times that divorce is “liberating, pointing the way toward a different life that leaves everyone better off, including the children.” Her article is one of many such essays that mainstream media outlets have…
September 21, 2023
How Health Policy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…times,” Marcus Hotaling, president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, told the Times. But why? What was causing Yale to adopt a policy that seems on…
September 21, 2023
How Health Privacy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…times,” Marcus Hotaling, president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, told the Times. But why? What was causing Yale to adopt a policy that seems on…
September 20, 2023
Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?
…of San Francisco professor, Lara Bazelon, recently wrote in the New York Times that divorce “is painful and heartbreaking. But it can also be liberating, pointing the way toward a different life that…
September 19, 2023
It’s OK to Like Both Public Schools and School Choice
…practices they find troubling. At the same time, they can value schools as community anchors, want to minimize how much time their kids spend in transit, and like their kids’…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…have to cut programs and faculty as demand dries up. The pandemic made matters worse. Many students decided that Zoom classes were a waste of time and money. A tight…
September 18, 2023
There’s an Easy Fix That Would Solve Our Housing Crisis: Light Touch Density
…times, single-room occupancy buildings around bus and train stations provided a safety net in the form of cheap short-term housing. In 1970, even San Francisco was affordable. But the economic…
September 18, 2023
No Culture Wars, Please, We’re Academics
…on children and how they develop as adults. “Children in two-parent homes tend to live in homes with a higher level of income and have more time with their parents…