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  • New Report: Preschool Benefits Not Supported by Evidence

    New Report: Preschool Benefits Not Supported by Evidence0

    As state legislative sessions kick into high gear for 2016, it’s inevitable that some lawmakers will suggest implementing a universal Pre-K plan. This is because universal pre-K has become the silver bullet with which politicians try to lift the masses out of poverty while simultaneously improving academic performance in the public schools. But before politicians

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  • New Report: Evidence for Pre-K is Sketchy at Best

    New Report: Evidence for Pre-K is Sketchy at Best0

    A couple months ago, the Brookings Institution came out with a paper questioning the evidence on pre-K’s effectiveness. As author Dale Farran noted: “The proposition that expanding pre-K will improve later achievement for children from low-income families is premature. Premature as well is the presumption that solid research exists to guide the content and structure

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  • New Report Shows Stunning Success of Apprenticeship Programs

    New Report Shows Stunning Success of Apprenticeship Programs0

    The average American college student graduates with $30,000 in debt, and the cost of college has more than doubled since 1985 even after accounting for inflation. Unfortunately, due to a lack of other options, many students feel forced into this expensive system even when they can’t afford it or don’t really need a traditional college

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  • New Report Shows How Congress Has Screwed Over Young People

    New Report Shows How Congress Has Screwed Over Young People0

    We already knew that the budget deficit will hit a record-breaking $3.3 trillion this year as the federal government continues to run up debt in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Yet a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows that we aren’t just facing a short-term spike in deficits. We’re on an

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  • New Regulations Cause California Soup Kitchen to Close Its Doors

    New Regulations Cause California Soup Kitchen to Close Its Doors1

    For the past four years, Deliverance San Diego has been delivering hot meals to the city’s homeless population every Friday, averaging 200 donated meals on any given evening. Now, due to new guidelines passed by the State Legislature of California, the non-profit is ceasing operations and will dissolve by the end of the month. Through their existing model, hot

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  • New Poll Suggests Reading Strengthens Family Relationships

    New Poll Suggests Reading Strengthens Family Relationships0

    A recent Harris Poll shows that reading to children has more benefits than simply getting them excited about reading on their own. Parent-child reading times are also a great facilitator of family relationships: “Adults who say their parents read to them every day when they were young are especially likely to report very strong relationships

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