The sustainability of the state’s public education system is questioned in a new report from the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans. Part of the California 100 initiative, administered by the Goldman School of Public Policy, the report finds that long-term structural challenges in the state’s finance system, combined with flaws in education governance, threaten the long-term outlook of public education...| Berkeley Initiative for Young Americans
Working Paper Series| Berkeley Initiative for Young Americans
Working Paper Series| Berkeley Initiative for Young Americans
2024 Election| Berkeley Institute for Young Americans
Younger generations worldwide are facing new and unprecedented risks. And while it’s become commonplace for critics to point the finger back at them, blaming younger generations for their own problems – Young people are unmotivated! They’re entitled and narcissistic! – these narratives are a harmful distraction from the global generational crisis hiding in plain sight: Younger people coming of age across the world today are witnessing the collapse of the globalization era and bearing ...| Berkeley Initiative for Young Americans
For over 50 years, the minimum voting age in the U.S. has been 18 years old for national, state, and most local elections. Yet in recent years, researchers, policymakers, and youth advocates across the U.S. and around the world have questioned whether the voting age should be lowered to engage more youth in the democratic process. The intent of this policy report is to inform the debate to lower the voting age in California to 17 for all elections (local, state, and national) as proposed by S...| Berkeley Initiative for Young Americans