Social and emotional learning: Research and measurement challenge | IN 60 SECONDS
Research can help usher in new education initiatives, but only when used wisely. AEI's Frederick M. Hess offers words of advice, and caution, about relying on ...
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Bill Gates speaks on what India does right
Buy Arthur Brooks's new book! https://goo.gl/4iywrC POLL: Do you agree with Bill Gates? https://goo.gl/xhxVVd Bill Gates gives his views on India, its future, and ...
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What is pluralism? | DEFINE
A brief explanation of pluralism written by AEI Resident Scholar Christina Hoff Sommers. POLL — Is disagreement good? https://goo.gl/kDczoR ARTICLE ...
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Decoding the nonverbal language of babies | LIVE STREAM
Babies begin life as social creatures. By four months, they are highly communicative, perceiving and responding to even tiny, rapid shifts in caregivers' verbal ...
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Education technology: Is it on the rise? | IN 60 SECONDS
Is the increased use of technology in classrooms inevitable? AEI's Frederick M. Hess looks at the data to answer this question. ARTICLE — Straight up ...
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Do field trips have educational value? | IN 60 SECONDS
Amidst the focus on reading and math scores in schooling, activities like field trips have been pushed to the side. But do they actually offer educational value?
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AEI's Arthur Brooks on Loving Political Enemies
Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, joined the IOP to discuss his new book, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save ...
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In search of deeper learning: The quest to remake the American high school | LIVE STREAM
Education reformers are quick to articulate the ambitious goal of engaging students in “deeper learning” and endorse particular strategies to actualize this goal.
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Washington, DC, graduation scandal: A canary in a coal mine? | IN 60 SECONDS
AEI's Nat Malkus argues that DC is a lesson that we can't improve the lives of students or school systems, unless school leaders push our students to new ...
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The Malaysian airliner and Vladimir Putin
In the absence of additional biting Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin will have no incentive to cease supporting his proxies in eastern Ukraine ...
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How different are men and women? — with Christina Hoff Sommers (1995) | THINK TANK
Original air date: July 14, 1995 Do men and women think differently? If so, could these differences be inherent in our genetic makeup and in our brains?
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High school sports are a benefit to American students | IN 60 SECONDS
POLL — Are high schools sports a benefit to American students https://bit.ly/36cd3FZ AEI's Frederick M. Hess explains that much of the criticism of high school ...
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Will Karzai and corrupt politics doom progress in Afghanistan?
Is the war in Afghanistan lost? What did the surge accomplish? Is al Qaeda really on the run? Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Danielle ...
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Why China's One-Child Policy is a tragedy like no other | DOCUMENTARY DEEP DIVE
REPORT — China's changing family structure: Dimensions and implications https://bit.ly/3eCWFCe Relying on computer simulations that map out the changing ...
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Farm subsidies: How effective are they? | IN 60 SECONDS
Do agriculture subsidies help boost an industry in danger, or waste government funds that could be better spent elsewhere? AEI's Vincent Smith gives his take.
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Ben Bernanke: Lessons learned from 10 years of quantitative easing | LIVE STREAM
It has been almost 10 years since the Federal Reserve launched its first quantitative easing (QE) program, leading to its $4.5 trillion balance sheet today.
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Jordan Peterson, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Danielle Crittenden (The Femsplainers) | LIVE STREAM
PODCAST — The Femsplainers https://goo.gl/Er4Qka The Jordan Peterson You Don't Know: The globally bestselling author of "The 12 Rules for Life" reveals to ...
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2020 census: A conservative case against the citizenship question | IN 60 SECONDS
The 2020 census will ask respondents whether or not they are US citizens. While the US Census Bureau doesn't share data with other federal agencies, many ...
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Rural education in America: Challenges and promise | LIVE STREAM
The 2016 election and its aftermath have forced the nation's leaders to think anew about the needs of rural individuals, families, and communities. From the ...
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Should Trump move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem? | IN 60 SECONDS
Despite early campaign promises, President Trump seems to have cooled on moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. AEI's Danielle Pletka ...
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Amenities: The key to a happy community? | IN 60 SECONDS
POLL: Do you walk to the grocery store? https://goo.gl/uMqNW4 In a time of social division, AEI's Ryan Streeter takes a look at one of the keys to bringing people ...
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2018 teacher strikes explained | IN 60 SECONDS
This spring, teacher strikes have spread across the United States. AEI's Rick Hess explains the facts behind the strikes and clarifies some common ...
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The problem of Big 'R' school reform | IN 60 SECONDS
Do massive, top-down school reforms get results and help kids? Rick Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies at AEI, doesn't think so, and calls this problem ...
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Innovative leaders in education are overrated | IN 60 SECONDS
Education tends to celebrate “innovation” and “innovative leaders.” Rick Hess describes why this is a mistake and what system leaders should be looking for ...
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Southeast Asia: An American strategy | IN 60 SECONDS
Southeast Asia is of great importance to the United States; the region is poised to become a driver of global economic growth. But a number of security ...
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National Assessment of Educational Progress delivers bad news | IN 60 SECONDS
POLL: What is more concerning — Declining NAEP scores or the achievement gap? https://bit.ly/2N77OQf Results from the 2019 National Assessment of ...
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West Virginia teachers strike explained | IN 60 SECONDS
West Virginia's nine-day teachers' strike ended when the state raised teacher pay by 5%. But, as AEI's Rick Hess explains, teacher take-home pay is only part of ...
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The difference between big and little 'r' education reform | IN 60 SECONDS
Many schools are not performing well, but almost all teachers are rated effective. What gives? AEI's Rick Hess explains that the answer lies with how reforms are ...
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The big swing in school reform | IN 60 SECONDS
POLL: What is America's most promising school reform? https://bit.ly/2FTTK7Q Over the past two decades, K–12 school reform has been dominated by testing, ...
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Social mobility in America: Still the land of opportunity?
For America to remain the land of opportunity, we must address stagnant social mobility. Social mobility is highly correlated with residential segregation, ...
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AEI on Campus: Leadership, access, and impact
AEI on Campus connects top college students across the country with a community of scholars, business leaders, and policymakers—people who move ideas ...
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The huge economic crisis no one will talk about
http://www.aei.org/homeeconomics Since the 1950s, America's basic family unit has changed dramatically, and the economic impact is significant. In the AEI ...
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Halloween candy and the horrors of the US sugar lobby | IN 60 SECONDS
POLL — Should the US continue the sugar lobby? https://bit.ly/2MIL357 As costumed children roam the streets in search of candy this Halloween, the looming ...
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Christina Hoff Sommers and Camille Paglia: The full interview | VIEWPOINT
POLL: Should universities police the social lives of students? https://goo.gl/oiewc5 What would happen if Based Mom sat down with Based Goddess for an hour ...
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Teacher evaluation: Just paperwork? | IN 60 SECONDS
When school reformers focused on revising teacher evaluations, administrations enacted well-intentioned reforms with unintended consequences: increased ...
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Poverty: Good news for 2018 | IN 60 SECONDS
Poverty rates have trended downward in recent years, and they look to dip even lower in 2018 and beyond, though low labor force participation remains an ...
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Web Event - Has Trumpian populism succeeded? | LIVE STREAM
The election of Donald Trump in 2016 brought a populist into the White House. With the president's first term nearing completion, what is the verdict?
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Washington, DC, graduation scandal | IN 60 SECONDS
For a decade, Washington, DC, has been a national model for school reform. Then, in January, an audit showed 1/3rd of graduates should not have received ...
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USAID Acting Administrator John Barsa on global development over the horizon | LIVE STREAM
From Latin America to the Middle East and Africa, the coronavirus pandemic has had dire consequences for the developing world, harming governance, ...
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Webinar — Assessing China’s military: DOD’s China Military Power Report | LIVE STREAM
As tensions between China and its neighbors grow, understanding China's national strategy, security behavior, and military developments is essential. For 20 ...
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Rising test scores: What do they mean? | IN 60 SECONDS
POLL: What do rising test scores mean? https://goo.gl/nBkRZ1 Do rising test scores mean that K-12 students are smarter today than ever before? No so fast ...
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Is America an imperialist, white-supremacist, capitalist patriarchy? | FACTUAL FEMINIST
Gender scholars like bell hooks argue that American is an imperialist, white-supremacist, capitalist patriarchy. Is she right? The Factual Feminist responds.
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