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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…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…trail but fail to address the core challenges and often exacerbate them. The 2020 Democratic presidential primary was the first time that ambitious higher education policy reform seemed to play…
September 15, 2023
What Does a Good Economy Look Like?
…era through the mid-2010s. Meaning that at the time of Trump’s first campaign, the populists had a point about economic disappointment, and the 21st century economy seemed to be letting…
September 14, 2023
The Privilege Hiding in Plain Sight
…my only wish is that she had spent more time in two areas: (1) advocating that marriage and family structure become a standard data category through which child outcomes are…
September 12, 2023
Time Is a School’s Most Precious Resource. Where Does It Go?
…time. Last year, the Merrimack College Teacher Survey reported that 29 percent of teachers said they wanted more planning time, 28 percent wanted more actual teaching time, and 17 percent more time…
September 1, 2023
Paying People to Have Kids Can Only Do So Much When You’re in a Spiraling Baby Bust
“Frankly, whenever elections come up politicians tend to unveil grand measures aimed at resolving the birthrate issue,” Choi Seul-ki, a demographer in South Korea, told the Wall Street Journal. “But cash is a…