Naomi Schaefer Riley
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What I Gave My Kid Instead of a Smartphone
After seeing things on social media no parent could unsee, I decided to do something about it
In Defense of Standardized Testing in Admissions
Going test optional hurts disadvantaged students.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Good piece: In Defense of Standardized Testing in Admissions chronicle.com/article/In-Def… via @chronicle
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The enchanted hour: The miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction
Please join AEI for a presentation by Ms. Gurdon, followed by a discussion about the crucial role of reading aloud in children’s development.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
See you all tomorrow at lunch! The enchanted hour: The miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction
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Naomi Schaefer Riley
ICYMI, you can watch the video from today's lunch: The enchanted hour: The miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction
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Naomi Schaefer Riley
As a special bonus @meghangurdon will read to you: The enchanted hour: The miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction
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EVENT: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
The benefits of parents reading to their children are well-documented, but the ubiquity of screens threatens this practice.
Black scholars challenge progressive narratives in ‘Barriers to Black Progress’ forum
Manhattan Institute event discusses causes of hardships facing African Americans.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Black scholars challenge progressive narratives in ‘Barriers to Black Progress’ forum - The College Fix
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Public Education’s Dirty Secret
Bad teaching is a common explanation given for the disastrously inadequate public education received by America’s most vulnerable populations. This is a myth. Aside from a few lemons who were notable for their rarity, the majority of teachers I...
Overlooked No More: Mabel Grammer, Whose Brown Baby Plan Found Homes for Hundreds
Grammer’s self-run adoption agency made it possible for unwanted mixed-race children in Germany to find homes after World War II.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Overlooked No More: Mabel Grammer, Whose Brown Baby Plan Found Homes for Hundreds - The New York Times
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The Progressive Assault on Israel
A movement that can detect a racist dog-whistle from miles away is strangely deaf when it comes to some of the barking on its own side of the fence.
Feds confuse substantiation with victimization
On January 28, the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) released its annual report on child maltreatment. In its press release, the agency heralded “a decline in the number of victim…
Naomi Schaefer Riley
The fact that each state is counting and dealing with child maltreatment differently means that it's hard for federal agencies to say anything about the numbers definitively. Read @childwelfaremonitor on this important topic. childwelfaremonitor.org/2019/02/07/fed… @AEI @KayHymowitz
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Active-Shooter Drills Are Tragically Misguided
There’s scant evidence that they’re effective. They can, however, be psychologically damaging—and they reflect a dismaying view of childhood.
Cruelty in the name of 'child welfare'
In 2016, about one out of every 10 children in the country were reported as suspected victims of abuse or neglect. After an investigation, fewer than a tenth of those reports were substantiated. Our child welfare system, most seem to agree, touches...
Naomi Schaefer Riley
In an effort to escape the charge that the system is racist, child welfare workers are going out of their way to find innocent white families to charge. A startling consequence of crying “racism” at every sign of unequal outcomes. washex.am/2SoPnu4 @aei @caitlinpacific
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More than a hundred foster placements: How does that happen?
How does a child in foster care wind up in 130 different places over the course of just a few years? That’s the question that many observers might have after learning about a recent lawsuit against the state of Kansas.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
More than a hundred foster placements: How does that happen? aei.org/publication/mo… @wilcoxnmp @ifstudies @kayhymowitz @caitlinpacific
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Children First
Faith-based foster-family agencies should be allowed to place kids according to their principles.
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Naomi Schaefer Riley
Faith-based foster-family agencies should be allowed to place kids according to their principles. city-journal.org/faith-based-fo… @aei @kayhymowitz @wilcoxnmp @ifstudies
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Naomi Schaefer Riley
Closing faith-based foster agencies will be like closing Catholic schools—new ones may not appear, and the ones that do may not operate with the same care and commitment as the old ones. city-journal.org/faith-based-fo… @aei @jasonrileywsj
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Naomi Schaefer Riley
what faith-based and secular foster-family agencies have in common, or should, is an agreement that the needs of children come first. Enforcing the Obama administration dictates will result in fewer options for foster kids and fewer family placements. city-journal.org/faith-based-fo… @aei
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Let Children Get Bored Again
Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements. More important, it spawns creativity and self-sufficiency.
Yet another child abandoned by another state: Two-year-old Jordan Belliveau dead at his mother’s hands in Florida
On September 4, 2018, the body of two-year-old Jordan Belliveau was found in a wooded area in Largo, Florida. Two days before, his mother Charisse Stinson told police she was assaulted by a strange…
Drug-Addicted Mothers and Child Well-Being
It is certainly true that the dire predictions about the outcomes for babies born to crack-addicted mothers turned out to be overblown. Some crack-addicted mothers did indeed give birth to babies with severe neurological and organ damage. But it was...
Naomi Schaefer Riley
If the lesson from the crack epidemic is the notion that mothers abusing drugs can be expected to raise children who develop normally, we're in for a rude awakening. ifstudies.org/blog/drug-addi… @aei @kayhymowitz @caitlinpacific @kathrynlopez
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