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2021 Policy Recommendations
The George W. Bush Institute serves as a place of ideas and action. Our philosophy is rooted in principles of freedom, opportunity, accountability, and compassion. Our role at the Bush Institute is to focus on policy, not politics, and proffer solutions to the challenges we are facing today and into the future.
Right now, those challenges seem so great that it can be hard to envision progress any time soon. Challenges here at home illustrate with urgency that we must strengthen our own democracy, which has proven most effective in providing stability and prosperity throughout our history, while also letting the world know that we stand with and support free societies elsewhere. At the same time, we must restore economic opportunity for the many Americans who have lost their jobs during the pandemic, while ensuring that the promise of equality is a reality for all Americans.
At a time of such upheaval and reckoning, the most important thing that we believe we can do is work to heal our nation and move forward. We hope that the ideas offered here by our experts at the Bush Institute can serve as a source of solutions and optimism for the future.
Sincerely,
Holly Kuzmich
Executive Director of the Bush Institute
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ENSURING OPPORTUNITY AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY
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Immigration: Building a System for Tomorrow <[link removed]>
The objective of immigration policy should be to affirm America as the land of opportunity.
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Disinformation: Democracies Require a Reliable Flow of Information <[link removed]>
The reliable flow of information is one of the most essential battlegrounds in the fight to stabilize democracies around the world.
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Veterans: Advancing Outcomes for Our Post-9/11 Veterans and Their Families <[link removed]>
A new presidential administration and a new Congress make this the optimal time to take a fresh look at the strategies that can empower veterans to successfully reenter civilian life.
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State Data Systems: Worth the Legislative Investment to Connect Workforce and Education <[link removed]>
Connecting disparate data systems in each state will help guide researchers and policymakers in the years ahead.
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Assessments: Measuring Student Learning Can Lead to More Equitable Schools <[link removed]>
The current pandemic has blown apart the public education system as we knew it — simultaneously exacerbating vulnerabilities for many children and forcing rapid innovation to meet this instructional moment.
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Schools and COVID-19: Working Through and Beyond Education’s Greatest Challenge <[link removed]>
This moment is an opportunity for state chiefs, superintendents, and central office leaders to show brave and innovative leadership with a laser focus on a vision for student success.
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Reimagining School: Rethink the School Day and Year to Better Serve Students and Families <[link removed]>
With everything the pandemic is showing us in terms of new school models, it’s an opportune time to rethink and reimagine what could be.
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Expanding Opportunity: Federal Policy Agenda for Economic Mobility <[link removed]>
By allowing greater flexibility for private markets and local policy initiatives, the federal government can play a crucial role in creating greater opportunity and economic mobility for all Americans.
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Expanding Opportunity: State and Local Policy Agenda for Economic Mobility <[link removed]>
Many of the largest obstacles to economic mobility arise from state and local policies, but a new opportunity agenda can play a vital role in creating more cities and towns of opportunity and renewing the American dream.
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Central America: Promoting Prosperity with Targeted U.S. Trade Policy <[link removed]>
Investment in the region would promote industrialization in Central America, boosting productivity and prosperity there and opening job opportunities that would encourage Central Americans to stay home.
ADVANCING FREE SOCIETIES
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Democracy and Human Rights: America's Leadership Matters <[link removed]>
Supporting democracy and human rights at home and worldwide requires a comprehensive, multistakeholder approach that reaffirms America’s commitment to global leadership and democratic ideals.
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Global Health Priorities: Building on U.S. Global Health Engagement <[link removed]>
The United States’ unrelenting commitment to global health remains important – even more so as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.
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North Korea: Denuclearization Is Not Possible Without an Improvement in Human Rights <[link removed]>
In the past, the United States prioritized nuclear negotiations above all else. A new administration and Congress have an opportunity to refocus their attention on human rights in North Korea.
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Burma: Continuing U.S. Support of Transitions to Democracy <[link removed]>
U.S. leadership and engagement can help Burma to build a society with strong institutions and citizens that respect liberty and protect the rights of all people.
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Afghanistan: U.S. Efforts to Protect Afghan Women and Girls <[link removed]>
It is in our national security interests and our moral responsibility to support human rights, democracy, and peaceful, sustainable development in Afghanistan.
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Women and Girls: Supporting Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa <[link removed]>
Today and tomorrow, the status of adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa matters to us all.
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Women and Girls: Investing in Women's Economic Empowerment <[link removed]>
When women succeed, we all benefit. Women’s economic empowerment boosts economic growth and prosperity and helps safeguard democracy.
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