Rachel Sheffield is research fellow in welfare and family policy in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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Nearly 40 percent of women in the United States have never been married, an all-time high, according to new data from the National Center for… Read More
SocietyNews
Recent headlines, heralding the findings of a new government study, claim that “living together before marriage no longer predicts divorce” or that cohabitation before marriage… Read More
Marriage is good for the heart—literally. Based on a new study out of Emory and Rutgers Universities, researchers find that married individuals are about twice… Read More
Unwed childbearing has been on the rise for more than five decades, and today more than 40 percent of U.S. children are born to single… Read More
Mississippi legislators are considering a proposal to strengthen the state’s charter school law. This is great news for a state with the weakest charter school… Read More
It used to be that children had to worry about the school bully stealing their lunch money. Now they also have to worry about the… Read More
On Tuesday, the Virginia senate approved a bill that would require an initial drug screening of welfare applicants, followed by drug testing if officials suspected… Read More
One of the greatest drivers of poverty in the United States is the breakdown of marriage. Eighty percent of all long-term poverty occurs in single-parent… Read More
According to Dr. Michael Walker Jones of the Louisiana Association of Educators, low-income parents “don’t have a clue” when it comes to making decisions about… Read More
With a growing number of school choice programs comes a growing body of research on how educational opportunity benefits students. These benefits manifest themselves in outcomes such… Read More
When the first National School Choice Week began just one year ago, the prospect of educational opportunity for hundreds of D.C. school children hung precariously… Read More
As the new year unfolds, governors are beginning to outline their education plans for 2012. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) called for changes to teacher… Read More
How does marriage fare as the nation heads into the new year? Unfortunately, the most recent government data indicate that U.S. marriage rates are at… Read More
Last week, the Associated Press reported that, based on the Census Bureau’s new poverty measure, half of America is now poor or low-income. Forget about… Read More
Education News
The “super committee’s” failure to reach an agreement to reduce federal spending is supposed to trigger automatic spending cuts—some of which could decrease funding for… Read More
A most remarkable “year of school choice” may be edging to a close, but the momentum for school choice is far from over. On the… Read More
Children in Indiana born to single parents are more than six times more likely to live in poverty than children born to married parents. In… Read More
In September, the Census Bureau reported that 46.2 million Americans are living in poverty, a steep increase from the previous year’s report of 43.6 million…. Read More
Just in time for Halloween, big government education advocates are rolling out frightening new education policies. On the K-12 front, Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and… Read More
If you think No Child Left Behind (NCLB) isn’t working, what Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and Mike Enzi (R–WY) have in mind for the nation’s… Read More
The death of Steve Jobs last week captured the attention of people not only around the nation but around the globe. While Jobs and his… Read More
While the House is moving to put greater control of education into the hands of parents, the Obama Administration is working to tighten the federal… Read More
Fifteen years ago, Congress voted to “end welfare as we know it.” As a result, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was created… Read More
Wyoming is having second thoughts about adopting Common Core education standards. Concerned with the federal strings that are beginning to appear, some state legislators are… Read More
About $60 billion more federal education dollars. That’s President Obama’s latest proposal to fix schools—this time in the form of his $447 billion jobs bill…. Read More
“The power and influence of education unions has a significant effect on schools today. But is that good for American students?” Education Unions: Made Simple,… Read More
In the national effort to overcome dependence on government, Michigan has just moved one step forward toward ensuring that welfare promotes self-reliance. On Tuesday, Governor… Read More
In a momentous move in March of this year, a Colorado school board voted to implement its first private school choice program. The program allows… Read More
It’s back to school time. And this year, students across the nation have more educational opportunity than in any previous year. 2011 has been named… Read More
On August 8, the Obama Administration announced it would begin granting waivers to states to allow them to opt out of the requirements of No… Read More
