Are You Kidding Me?

Young people in Detroit are suing the state of Michigan over deplorable learning conditions in many of their city’s public schools. This begs the question: Why do students need to take such extreme measures to fight for the right to learn how to read? Are these poor learning conditions caused by a lack of school […] The post Lockdown learning and children’s right to read appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Ian and Naomi talk to Jason Riley, a Manhattan Institute fellow and WSJ columnist, about racial bias in standardized testing and law enforcement The post Abolishing the SAT won’t help minorities. Neither will abolishing the police appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Penn State's Sarah Font joins to discuss the child abuse risks caused by lockdown orders, child welfare during COVID, and how officials can keep kids safe. The post Lockdown is more than an inconvenience for vulnerable children appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

In a time of uncertainty, Ian and Naomi share uplifting news about foster care adoption rates and how to protect children from adverse experiences The post Measuring adversity (and protecting kids from it) appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Nobel laureate James Heckman recently made waves among early childhood advocates when he said he is not, and never was, a supporter of universal pre-K. In this episode, Katharine Stevens — a resident scholar at AEI specializing in early childhood development — joins Ian and Naomi for a riveting discussion on James Heckman’s research and […] The post Is universal child care universally beneficial? appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

How do we promote educational opportunities for low-income children even before they start going to school? Does investing in young children really reap big benefits? Does the provision of center-based child care for families encourage low parental engagement in a child’s life? On this episode, Ian and Naomi are joined by Sarah Walzer, the CEO […] The post Parenting 101 appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Ian and Naomi talk with two educational reform giants on ways to salvage the learning time lost to COVID-19 and keep kids engaged through summer learning The post Creating a national summer learning program appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Before the Great Depression, charitable and religious organizations almost exclusively ran the child welfare system in the US. What is the appropriate role of private institutions in the child welfare system today? How can policy redress the perverse incentives currently built into the funding model of public child welfare agencies? In this episode, Ian and […] The post Getting the Incentives Right appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Ian and Naomi delve into varied parenting-related topics in this episode, including the role of fatherhood, prison nurseries, and rising black teen suicides The post Fathers, Be Good to Your Daughters appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

How does family structure impact the social, educational, and economic outcomes of kids? Is the nuclear family really just a myth constructed in the 1950s? Can stable families advance the cause of social justice? On this episode of “Are You Kidding Me?” Ian and Naomi are joined by AEI Visiting Scholar and UVA sociologist W. […] The post Going Nuclear appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.