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Education Policy Reforms Are Key Strategies for Increasing the Married Birth Rate

Excerpt:  “Expensive and misguided government interventions in education are, whether intended or not, pushing young people away from getting married and starting families—to the long-term detriment of American society. Reforms to reverse counterproductive government incentives could boost the married fertility rate significantly. Policy should empower families and communities to raise their own children according to their values and should remain neutral on the types of postsecondary paths that students pursue. Increasing access to private and religious education for those who want it though expanded school choice, removing excess credentialing barriers in fields such as teaching and for state jobs, and reducing federal higher education subsidies and loan cancellation that place the federal thumb on the scale in favor of spending years in postsecondary work of questionable value will help young Americans to start and expand their families.”