Naomi Schaefer Riley

1 week ago | aei.org | Naomi Schaefer Riley |James Piereson

“We’re not running out of rich people,” Bill Gates recently told David Wallace-Wells of theNew York Times Magazine in an interview about why he was deciding to close the doors of his foundation in 20 years. More than any other sentiment, it is this one that seems largely missing in the world of philanthropy today. Gates was explaining why he decided to sunset the foundation earlier than originally planned.

1 week ago | aei.org | Naomi Schaefer Riley |James Piereson |Howard Husock |Sarah A. Font

Op-Ed Bill Gates Makes a Bet: Foundations of the Future Free Market Op-Ed Bill Gates’ Good Example Op-Ed The Problem with Lived Experience Report American Enterprise Institute America’s Largest Foundations: Examining Payout Rates and Perpetuity Op-Ed Cuomo’s Double-edged School ‘reinvention’ Article Democrats Have Taken over Education Reform Article How Education Philanthropy Can Accidentally Promote Groupthink and Bandwagonism Article 8 Education Stories We’ll Be Reading in 2018 Post AEIdeas...

1 week ago | aei.org | Naomi Schaefer Riley |James Piereson |Benjamin Zycher |Howard Husock

Op-Ed Bill Gates Makes a Bet: Foundations of the Future Free Market Article Bill Gates Approves Op-Ed A Message to Ford Foundation in Gates Spending Approach: Give More Now Post Animated Chart of the Day: World’s Top 10 Billionaires, 2000 to 2022 Post Should Government Create More Silicon Valleys? My Long-read Q&A with Nicholas Bloom Article Capitalism and Celebrity Billionaires: A Poll Report Op-Ed If Rich People Can’t Make Marriage Work, Can the Rest of Us? Post Animated Chart of the Day:...

1 week ago | aei.org | Naomi Schaefer Riley |Sally Satel

Starting this fall students in New York will join those in other states like California in not being able to access cellphones during the day. These bans are the culmination of years of education and activism by parents, teachers and researchers concerned about the effect of technology not only on academic performance but also on children’s mental health. There is no doubt that having fewer screens and fewer hours of screen time will help students stay on task.

1 week ago | aei.org | Naomi Schaefer Riley |Ken Winters |David Pozen |Jen Patja

Op-Ed No Amount of Marijuana Is Safe for Teens Podcast Lawfare Daily: David Pozen on ‘The Constitution of the War on Drugs’ Op-Ed Preventing Weed Smoking — Not More Weed Shops — Is What NYC Needs Now Op-Ed Safe-Injection Sites and Crime Op-Ed Why Does NY Campaign to Stop Smoking but Not Illicit Drug Use? Op-Ed There Is No Proof “Safe Injection Sites” in NYC Actually Work Multimedia Howard Husock on “The Seth Leibsohn Show” Op-Ed Why New York City’s Drug Death Epidemic Is No Surprise Post...