Uncharted fiscal waters for America, how marriage is changing, and parental engagement in education.
What the evidence says about family-school collaboration When it comes to parental engagement in education, much of the recent spotlight has been on combative issues like book bans, masking debates, and critical race theory wars. However, a quieter movement for greater family-school collaboration has existed for decades. Rebecca Winthrop explains how students thrive when strong relational trust exists between parents and educators. Read more | The federal budget outlook If economic trends continue as predicted, the United States will be in uncharted fiscal waters. In light of recent developments and projections by the Congressional Budget Office, Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale offer new perspectives on America’s medium- and long-term fiscal outlook. Read more | Is marriage dying or just changing? “The model of marriage that was founded on economic dependency for women is completely obsolete. This is progress. But while we have created models of the family that are more equal and fair, they are often not such stable unions. The challenge we now face is to find ways to create more stability in our family life, without sacrificing the goal of equality,” argues Richard Reeves. Read on the Institute for Family Studies | The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. | |