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Tutoring Corps: A proposal to counter declining academic performance

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By Kai Smith, ISABEL SAWHILL
| Brookings Institution
Academic performance is declining Recently released scores from the 2024 administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) highlight that, contrary to the exam’s title, our nation’s students haven’t been making much progress at all in recent years. Instead, American students’ overall academic performance has been declining for more than a decade. Today, only 30% of eighth graders are proficient in reading according to NAEP standards, and only 28% are proficient in math.
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Five myths about abortion in the US

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By ISABEL SAWHILL, Kai Smith
| Brookings Institution
In November, voters in at least 10 states will vote on ballot initiatives seeking to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions. Voters nationwide and in battleground states consider abortion to be one of the most important issues in this election. For this and other reasons, it is critical that the public be informed about the issue. Here are five myths about abortion in America, compared to the reality.
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Expanding access to birth control is the surest way to defend women’s right to choose

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By ISABEL SAWHILL, Kai Smith
| Brookings Institution
The overturning of Roe v. Wade and this term’s Supreme Court abortion cases have understandably kept attention riveted on abortion. But while the abortion battle rages on, people are losing sight of the second front of the war to secure women’s reproductive autonomy: birth control. As state abortion bans proliferate in the post-Roe era, the use of reliable birth control to prevent unintended pregnancies is more crucial than ever.
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