Foster Care State lawmakers must help youth aging out of foster care Protecting their Social Security benefits and providing temporary cash assistance should be part of the solution.
K-12 education Arizona’s landmark ESA law will dramatically expand educational opportunity Giving parents direct control of their children's share of K-12 public school funding will ensure that every student has a high-quality education.
Foster Care Virginia should stop taking foster children’s Social Security benefits Foster children already face too many challenges in life. It’s wrong for the government to go behind their backs to take benefits owed to them under federal law to pay for their care.
K-12 education $148 billion in K-12 COVID relief funds remains unspent Parents deserve to know why state education agencies and public school districts have been slow to spend emergency K-12 education funds.
K-12 education Politicizing CDC school reopening guidance harmed American children Overcautious guidance that prolonged public school closures was a costly mistake.
K-12 Give children funds for tutoring to recover learning loss States and public schools have billions of unused dollars to help students get back on track.
Foster Care New York City will stop seizing foster children’s Social Security benefits Congress should amend the Social Security Act to stop child welfare agencies from taking foster kids’ money.
Child Care Why all children need more independence In an overweening culture that expects children to be under constant supervision, low-income parents who can’t afford child care come under more suspicion from child welfare authorities. The solution: more self-sufficient children.
K-12 Glenn Youngkin’s mandate to expand equal opportunity Virginia’s next governor has a historic opportunity to give parents greater control over their children’s education.
K-12 The American Academy of Pediatrics regrets the lost 2020-21 school year AAP President to Congress: “I wish that we had been able to come together...to open schools safely and do the right thing for our kids.”
Foster Care California to provide a guaranteed income for former foster youth Based on Santa Clara County’s experience, California’s new statewide guaranteed income for foster youth could become a model for the nation.
Foster Care Why are state governments taking foster children’s Social Security benefits? We must do more to ensure that orphaned teens don’t succumb to poor life outcomes.
Education Savings Accounts How 529 education savings accounts can reduce inequality Research shows that 529 plans increase parental savings, childrens’ assets, mothers’ mental health, and kids’ social and emotional development.
K-12 A new bill to expand K-12 opportunities for disadvantaged children The CHOICE Act from Sens. Mike Lee & Tommy Tuberville would help low-income parents use federal education funding to purchase high-quality learning options for their children.
Charter Schools Expanding preschool options to promote equal opportunity Success Academy Founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz argues that the key to eliminating racial segregation in New York City’s public schools it to expand the number of high performing schools. She points to her own track record creating high-quality public charter schools to demonstrate that it’s possible.
Education Savings Accounts Why closing the enrichment gap must be a priority to promote equal opportunity What can policymakers do to close the education enrichment gap? One promising option is to fund and expand children’s savings account programs to give children from lower-income households more direct control of education resources. Children’s savings account programs have shown great promise.
Education Savings Accounts Education savings accounts are expanding equal opportunity Following the pandemic, federal and state policymakers have a responsibility to ensure that every child in the United States can recover from pandemic related learning losses. States like West Virginia that are establishing new parental choice programs are getting a head start.
COVID-19 A record number of American families are now homeschooling 11% of American children are now homeschooled. Before the pandemic, just 3.3% of kids were. As schools begin to reopen, policymakers should pursue reforms to give more families the freedom to choose the best learning environment for their children.
