Strong families and hard work have formed the foundation for healthy development, meaningful relationships, and economic well-being ever since America’s inception. Now President Joseph Biden has a new vision: one in which progressive politicians and government bureaucrats sit at the helm of American families, financed through $1.8 trillion in new taxpayer spending.
Grant makers’ support of early-childhood education is boosting grassroots organizing and bipartisan advocacy and spurring more government investment. Plus, see the rest of our <a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/issue/2022/08-02"><b>August issue</b></a>, published online today.
Policymakers often propose better funding for public schools as an early intervention to reduce adult crime, yet little causal evidence of its effectiveness exists. This column uses novel data on over one million students in Michigan to study this relationship, finding that greater school funding has a large causal effect on the likelihood of adult arrest. This is most likely