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Are faith communities the key to closing opportunity gaps in public schools?

Building on its long-standing partnership with the National Marriage Project, Wheatley Institute helped co-sponsor the organization's 2026 Spring Conference held at the University of Virginia on March 17th.

There was standing room only as Tyson Reeder, Wheatley Affiliated Scholar and assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University, delivered a lecture at the Wheatley office earlier this month.

Distinguished Fellow Shima Baradaran Baughman Delivers Ensign College Devotional

After nearly two centuries, the promise of U.S. public schools to foster effective and meaningful learning opportunities for all children across race and social class remains unfulfilled. In this report, we examine the potential for religious faith to help bridge student learning opportunity gaps—given that seven in ten Americans identify with a faith tradition and that religious faith plays a significant role in various dimensions of human flourishing. We define religious faith as including both (a) personal spiritual beliefs and practices and (b) participation in religious organizations that structure shared beliefs, values, and rituals that guide personal and community conduct.

The Religion and the American Founding conference, held in March, brought together representatives from over a dozen different religions and faith organizations to share the impact of faith on the American founding.

Young adults today are living in a depressed dating economy. In this 2026 State of Our Unions report, we pursued greater insight on the challenges of contemporary dating through the 2025 National Dating Landscape Survey, a nationally representative sample of 5,275 unmarried young adults ages 22–35 in the United States. We focused mostly on the dating experiences of those single young adults who expect to marry (86%; N = 4,539). What did we learn?

"Even when I thought he was getting the wrong answers... He was the guy in the room who was asking the right questions."

“And too often, we think we can separate our Christianity or our religion from our politics, that I’m going to treat my enemies with love and respect, except if they’re a progressive.... I keep looking for that exception, I didn’t find Jesus saying that anywhere.”