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Paperback
Book Title
Doing Right by Kids
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ISBN
9780844750767

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
ISBN-10
084475076X
ISBN-13
9780844750767
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20070927923

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Doing Right by Kids : Leveraging Social Capital and Innovation to Increase Opportunity
Subject
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Public Policy / General, Sociology / General, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Publication Year
2024
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, Education
Author
Beth Akers, Preston Cooper
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2024-031496
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Introduction Scott Winship, Yuval Levin, and Ryan Streeter 1. Promoting Upward Mobility from the Starting Gate Chester E. Finn Jr. 2. Promoting Innovation in American K-12 Education Michael Q. McShane 3. Educational Pathways to Economic Opportunity Beth Akers and Preston Cooper 4. Reviving Marriage to Promote Upward Mobility Brad Wilcox and Robert Lerman 5. A Federal Safety Net to Build a Better Future for Low-Income Children Angela Rachidi and Matt Weidinger 6. Place Belongs at the Center of an Opportunity Agenda John W. Lettieri 7. Kids and Community Violence: Costs, Consequences, and Solutions Joshua Crawford About the Authors
Synopsis
Material hardship among American children has never been lower. This seeming victory in the War on Poverty, however, has failed to loosen the connection between family origins and where kids end up. Children born to the most disadvantaged parents today are no less likely than in the past to become the most disadvantaged adults when they grow up. Indeed, because of the perverse disincentives in our safety net, policy may have simultaneously reduced hardship while impeding upward mobility. More generally, the progressive assumption that what poor children need to advance primarily involves more money is a dubious one. But if progressive proposals to expand the opportunities of poor kids have disappointed, the challenges those children and adolescents face have never sufficiently preoccupied the right. Conservatives are appropriately skeptical of government's ability to influence behaviors and values or to manage initiatives effectively. Their concerns about the federal government's proper role in social policy are well-grounded. But the moral imperative to do right by kids--to affirm the American Dream--remains. This volume provides a set of ideas to do just that. The proposals are grounded in the insight that greater opportunity requires shoring up the relationships of children and adolescents and the strength of the institutions to which they are connected--in short, rebuilding social capital. And they embrace a spirit of innovation. Expanding opportunity requires experimentation with new approaches, many of which will fail, to identify scalable effective policies. But identify them we must.
LC Classification Number
HV741.D635 2024

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