With much fanfare, Chicago has moved to decentralize control of what some have called the worst public school system in America. But reform has been financially and politically crippled from the start.
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Dubious Conceptions: The Controversy Over Teen Pregnancy
Reports of “babies having babies” have set off alarms of a teen pregnancy epidemic. But the link between poverty and single parenthood is more complex than is often alleged.
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Small Children, Small Pay: Why Child Care Pays So Little
Child care is expensive, yet those who provide it are poorly paid. Solving the dilemma may call for a Solomonic choice.
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Starting Right: What We Owe Children Under Three
Although America has begun to make significant commitments to improve the lives of children, we still have done little for the under-threes. Other countries reap broad social benefits from coherent family policies. Why can’t we?
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The Elusive Promise of Vaccines
Children are not getting vaccines now available, much less a new generation of vaccines that the biomedical revolution has put within our reach.