R Street’s program on Civil Society, Education and Work studies the building blocks of society and governing, including localism, federalism, social capital, tradition, philanthropy and mediating institutions. It produces research, analysis and commentary to inform policymakers’ work on a range of domestic policies. Our initiatives have a particular focus on schools and workforce training as essential contributors to America’s effort to form citizens, workers, and public leaders. See our case studies here.
Civil Society, Education and Work
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It’s time for out-of-the-box thinking about school reform
Steven Greenhut
Do you ever get the sense that fixing our nation’s ill-functioning public-education system is like trying to retrofit a belching, century old coal-fired power plant into a modern, clean-energy…
Our final guest on the first season of Why Public Service? is Michael Stern, who served as Senior Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, as well to a handful of committees. during his time on…
“I’ve met a number of politicians and like you would perceive them as one way, based on what you see in their media or what you read or hear or what not, and then you meet him and you sit down and…
“But in daily practice, I think a lot of what we’re doing is ensuring that The Postal Service’s rates and service levels comply with legal requirements, approving new rates for mail and packages,…
“I did spend some time in the White House working for the speech writing office. I helped do research for Mike Gerson, John McConnell, and Matt Scully. They were the triumvirate of speech writers to…
Andy Smarick and Tim Schultz: ‘Juristocracy’ and the Supreme Court, from Bostock to Espinoza
Andy Smarick
From Faith Angle:
Letters in the Time of Covid
“Anyone who’s listening who’s thinking about getting into education should familiarize themselves to some extent with just the general education data of this country to just appreciate just the…
“The big takeaways that motivate me are a belief that the concept of democracy that the founders inherited to a certain extent from William Penn, who had inherited it from the Iroquois Indians in…
“”I’ve done three unpaid internships, the first one being in the House of Representatives back in 2012 when I was in college. And because I couldn’t afford to intern for free, what I had to do was…
Foreword
As religious enterprises rooted in a rich moral tradition, it’s not surprising that Catholic schools across America have long placed a great emphasis on character education. In this…