Are You Kidding Me?
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Sometimes the very strategies meant to help children have the opposite effect. Join AEI’s Naomi Schaefer Riley and Ian Rowe as they look behind the headlines at the public policies and cultural agendas driving child welfare and education. Rowe and Riley bring to light practices that will make you ask, “Are you kidding me?”
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Remote learning that works
September 09, 2020 19:30 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBBy nearly all measures, remote learning fell short for a majority of students in the spring of 2020. With most schools opting to forego in-person teaching this fall, educators desperately need an effective virtual learning model to guide their teaching efforts. How can teachers engage students in their coursework, even as they tune in from […] The post Remote learning that works appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
How to homeschool in a pandemic
August 26, 2020 19:30 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBWith a large majority of public schools opting to continue remote learning this fall in lieu of reopening, parents face a unique set of challenges as home-based education becomes a more permanent fixture of life. How will life change for the millions of working parents whose children will now be at home for the fall? […] The post How to homeschool in a pandemic appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Addressing racial disparities in foster care and inspiring agency in kids
August 12, 2020 19:30 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBA member of the Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families recently issued a call to abolish foster care. Is the foster care system inherently racist? Are children being removed from their homes simply because their families are experiencing poverty? How can we ensure that disadvantaged children can have a brighter, more prosperous future? […] The post Addressing racial disparities in foster care and inspiring agency in kids appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Private schools can help low-income kids, too
July 22, 2020 19:30 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBThe Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) recently surveyed parents who receive need-based scholarships from their organization to send their children to inner-city private schools. How has the coronavirus affected the lives of low-income children attending these private schools? Were private schools in the CSF network prepared to meet the needs of vulnerable students this past spring […] The post Private schools can help low-income kids, too appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Lockdown learning and children’s right to read
July 08, 2020 19:30 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBYoung people in Detroit are suing the state of Michigan over deplorable learning conditions in many of their city’s public schools. This begs the question: Why do students need to take such extreme measures to fight for the right to learn how to read? Are these poor learning conditions caused by a lack of school […] The post Lockdown learning and children’s right to read appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Abolishing the SAT won’t help minorities. Neither will abolishing the police
June 24, 2020 19:30 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIan and Naomi talk to Jason Riley, a Manhattan Institute fellow and WSJ columnist, about racial bias in standardized testing and law enforcement The post Abolishing the SAT won’t help minorities. Neither will abolishing the police appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Lockdown is more than an inconvenience for vulnerable children
June 11, 2020 19:30 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBPenn State's Sarah Font joins to discuss the child abuse risks caused by lockdown orders, child welfare during COVID, and how officials can keep kids safe. The post Lockdown is more than an inconvenience for vulnerable children appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Measuring adversity (and protecting kids from it)
June 09, 2020 20:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBIn a time of uncertainty, Ian and Naomi share uplifting news about foster care adoption rates and how to protect children from adverse experiences The post Measuring adversity (and protecting kids from it) appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Is universal child care universally beneficial?
May 27, 2020 19:30 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBNobel laureate James Heckman recently made waves among early childhood advocates when he said he is not, and never was, a supporter of universal pre-K. In this episode, Katharine Stevens — a resident scholar at AEI specializing in early childhood development — joins Ian and Naomi for a riveting discussion on James Heckman’s research and […] The post Is universal child care universally beneficial? appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Parenting 101
May 13, 2020 20:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBHow do we promote educational opportunities for low-income children even before they start going to school? Does investing in young children really reap big benefits? Does the provision of center-based child care for families encourage low parental engagement in a child’s life? On this episode, Ian and Naomi are joined by Sarah Walzer, the CEO […] The post Parenting 101 appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Creating a national summer learning program
May 06, 2020 20:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIan and Naomi talk with two educational reform giants on ways to salvage the learning time lost to COVID-19 and keep kids engaged through summer learning The post Creating a national summer learning program appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Getting the Incentives Right
May 05, 2020 20:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBBefore the Great Depression, charitable and religious organizations almost exclusively ran the child welfare system in the US. What is the appropriate role of private institutions in the child welfare system today? How can policy redress the perverse incentives currently built into the funding model of public child welfare agencies? In this episode, Ian and […] The post Getting the Incentives Right appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Fathers, Be Good to Your Daughters
May 05, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIan and Naomi delve into varied parenting-related topics in this episode, including the role of fatherhood, prison nurseries, and rising black teen suicides The post Fathers, Be Good to Your Daughters appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Going Nuclear
May 04, 2020 20:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBHow does family structure impact the social, educational, and economic outcomes of kids? Is the nuclear family really just a myth constructed in the 1950s? Can stable families advance the cause of social justice? On this episode of “Are You Kidding Me?” Ian and Naomi are joined by AEI Visiting Scholar and UVA sociologist W. […] The post Going Nuclear appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Pandemic parenting
May 04, 2020 10:30 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MBIan and Naomi discuss how parents can balance caretaking with teleworking and how teachers can ensure that students' living rooms are productive classrooms. The post Pandemic parenting appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Coronavirus
May 04, 2020 10:30 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MBIan and Naomi discuss how parents can balance caretaking with teleworking and how teachers can ensure that students' living rooms are productive classrooms. The post Coronavirus appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Pandemic Parenting
May 04, 2020 10:30 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MBIan and Naomi discuss how parents can balance caretaking with teleworking and how teachers can ensure that students' living rooms are productive classrooms. The post Pandemic Parenting appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Moneyball for child welfare
May 03, 2020 20:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBChild pornography is both illegal and immoral, yet it continues to proliferate throughout cyberspace. Ian and Naomi discuss what, if anything, the government and private tech companies can do to stop it. Later, they discuss the potential of predictive analytics to avoid tragedies like the murder of 6-year-old Zymere Perkins. Show Notes: – Explosion of […] The post Moneyball for child welfare appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Changing the culture of adoption
May 03, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBSpence-Chapin CEO Kate Trambitskaya joins Ian and Naomi to discuss routes to adoption, attitudes to birth-family contact, and ways to promote fostering kids The post Changing the culture of adoption appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
‘Musical Beds’ and the shortage of foster parents
May 02, 2020 20:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBChildren entering the foster care system have often experienced serious trauma, but there is nothing inevitable about their life’s trajectories. In this episode, Naomi and Ian discuss what happens to youth aging out of foster care, how the child welfare system can increase the recruitment and retention of foster parents, and the difference between child […] The post ‘Musical Beds’ and the shortage of foster parents appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Family structure isn’t everything — it’s the only thing
May 02, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBIan and Naomi discuss the impact of family structure on black children's outcomes and how the Indian Child Welfare Act made a "separate but unequal" system The post Family structure isn’t everything — it’s the only thing appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Hey, Democrats — how about some power to the parents?
May 01, 2020 19:30 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBIan Rowe and Naomi Schaefer Riley discuss debates over the Federal Charter Schools Program, as well as the tense relationships between communities and Child Protective Services. The post Hey, Democrats — how about some power to the parents? appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Why we offer less protection to minority kids
May 01, 2020 10:30 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBHosts Ian and Naomi discuss chronic absenteeism in foster children, one judge's view on the disparate impact theory, and how IWCA aided in a child's death The post Why we offer less protection to minority kids appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Welcome to: Are You Kidding Me?
April 30, 2020 19:39 - 3 minutes - 2.87 MBJoin Naomi Schaefer Riley and Ian Rowe as they introduce AEI's newest podcast on child welfare and education: "Are You Kidding Me?" The post Welcome to: Are You Kidding Me? appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.