Delaying School for Boys, Addressing the Refugee Crisis, and More

September 15, 2022

Risks of fragility, conflict, violence, climate change, and famine have soared in recent decades. As a result, the number of people fleeing their homes and seeking refuge has risen to 27 million. Michael Lokshin and Jan-Peter Olters make the case for charter cities, which can provide safety, support networks, and job opportunities to refugees.

On almost every measure of educational success from pre-K to postgrad, boys and young men now lag well behind their female classmates. However, Richard Reeves argues that there’s a simple way to help boys do better: Start them in school a year later than girls.

To learn more about delayed school entry, otherwise known as “redshirting,” read this companion piece.

“People highly exposed to the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly spent their federal Economic Impact Payments during the early months of the pandemic. However, many other people saved their payments, contributing to strong household balance sheets and, potentially, buying demand and price increases in the past year,” find Jonathan Parker and co-authors in their fall 2022 contribution to the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.

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