Opportunity Knocks #46
Every Monday, I share reflections, ideas, questions, and content suggestions focused on championing, building and accelerating opportunity for children.
Last week we just had too many must-dos. But here's the thing — we’ve always been about walking the talk—or, at least, trying to—when it comes to life lessons we try to impart to our girls. We always tell them consistency matters. So, here I am, sticking to the Monday script, albeit with a shorter spiel. Here are the opportunity-related headlines—across articles, studies, and podcasts—that caught my eye this week. I'm also throwing in a couple of thought-provoking pieces that offer opposing views.
Articles
Half of College Grads Are Working Jobs That Don’t Use Their Degrees by Vanessa Fuhrmans and Lindsay Ellis. Wall Street Journal.
Why are so many young people getting cancer? By Heidi Ledford. Nature.
End the Phone-based Childhood Now by Jonathan Haidt. The Atlantic.
Freedom of Sex: The moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies by Andrea Long Chu. New York Magazine AND ...No, We Definitely Want to Use Medical Arguments to Defend Trans Children by Freddie Deboer. Substack.
Weed Is Dangerous. Legalizing It Was a Mistake by William P. Barr and John P. Walters. The Free Press. AND Don’t Blame Legalized Weed for Society’s Woes by Katherine Mangu-Ward. The Free Press.
Your Kid May Already be Watching AI-Generated Videos on Youtube by Kate Knibbs. Wired.
Studies
Breaking Down Enrollment Declines in Public Schools by Sofoklis Goulas. (2024). Brookings Institute.
Polarization, partisan sorting, and the politics of education by David M. Houston, et al. (2023). . American Education Research Journal.
Podcasts
Doctors and Guns, Intention to Treat, New England Journal of Medicine.
Luke Shaefer on the Legacy of Persistent Poverty in America, Evidence in Action Podcast, Urban Institute.
Until next week, be calm and be kind,
Andrew