Education
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What Colleges Taught Gen-Z Is Getting Them Fired
College sought to protect students from discomfort. The economy demands they perform under pressure. The resulting collision is reshaping early-career outcomes.
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Walter E. Williams Remembered: An Exemplar of Excellence
Five years ago, economics lost one of its most notable lights. Hear from AIER staff who studied with the remarkable man himself.
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Four Post-COVID Trends Are Reshaping American Education
The pandemic didn’t just disrupt schooling — it altered the incentives, expectations, and norms that held the system together. Alternatives are here to stay.
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Dismantling the Department of Education, One Bureaucratic Layer at a Time
The Trump administration has taken several decisive actions to chip away at one of Washington’s greatest bureaucratic failures.
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How School Choice Became a Magnet for Capital
Families, entrepreneurs, and Fortune 500 companies alike are chasing better schools. Freedom to choose may be the quiet engine of the next American migration wave.
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Failing Upwards: The Perverse Incentives of Teachers’ Unions
The Chicago Teachers’ Union head was just promoted, despite eye-popping educational failures. Their priority is power, at the cost of student welfare and taxpayer interests.
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The Kids Can’t Focus
Screens may seem to be the simple answer, but nothing about society is set up to support deep work or sustained attention.
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Liberty, Risk, and Permission to Live Dangerously
If we want a free, dynamic society of responsible citizens, safetyism browbeating has got to stop.
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Toxic Empathy Is Killing NYC’s Gifted Programs
Investing in achievement and excellence lifts every member of society. Operating from envy only pushes the median down.
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Universal Childcare: Real Problem, Wrong Solution
New Mexico’s universal childcare experiment will likely worsen shortages and raise costs. Families will pay – if they can get care at all.
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What Colleges Taught Gen-Z Is Getting Them Fired
College sought to protect students from discomfort. The economy demands they perform under pressure. The resulting collision is reshaping early-career outcomes.
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•
Walter E. Williams Remembered: An Exemplar of Excellence
Five years ago, economics lost one of its most notable lights. Hear from AIER staff who studied with the remarkable man himself.
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•
Four Post-COVID Trends Are Reshaping American Education
The pandemic didn’t just disrupt schooling — it altered the incentives, expectations, and norms that held the system together. Alternatives are here to stay.
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•
Dismantling the Department of Education, One Bureaucratic Layer at a Time
The Trump administration has taken several decisive actions to chip away at one of Washington’s greatest bureaucratic failures.
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•
How School Choice Became a Magnet for Capital
Families, entrepreneurs, and Fortune 500 companies alike are chasing better schools. Freedom to choose may be the quiet engine of the next American migration wave.
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•
Failing Upwards: The Perverse Incentives of Teachers’ Unions
The Chicago Teachers’ Union head was just promoted, despite eye-popping educational failures. Their priority is power, at the cost of student welfare and taxpayer interests.
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•
The Kids Can’t Focus
Screens may seem to be the simple answer, but nothing about society is set up to support deep work or sustained attention.
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•
Liberty, Risk, and Permission to Live Dangerously
If we want a free, dynamic society of responsible citizens, safetyism browbeating has got to stop.
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•
Toxic Empathy Is Killing NYC’s Gifted Programs
Investing in achievement and excellence lifts every member of society. Operating from envy only pushes the median down.
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•
Universal Childcare: Real Problem, Wrong Solution
New Mexico’s universal childcare experiment will likely worsen shortages and raise costs. Families will pay – if they can get care at all.