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Our Ideas
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Through our three Impact Centers — Domestic Excellence, Global Leadership, and our Engagement Agenda — we focus on developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action to solve today’s most pressing challenges.
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Education Reform
Mrs. Laura Bush's 2022 Summer Reading List for Kids
Recommended reading for youngest, elementary, and middle school readers.
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News and Updates: Putin's Attack Against Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine constitutes the gravest security crisis on the European continent since World War II. Follow along for our coverage and analysis of the crisis and why it's critical we stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine against this threat to freedom worldwide.
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Education Reform
Adults Need a Seriousness of Purpose that Supersedes Politics and the Pull of the Status Quo
Lessons learned from Dallas, Austin, and Houston inform these recommendations for leaders in any city focused on improving outcomes for young people.
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Women’s Initiative
No Justice: Gender-based Violence and Migration in Central America
Gender-based violence affects one in three women worldwide, making it an urgent and important policy challenge. Violence against women and girls is often excluded from conversations on the nexus of Central American migration, regional development, and domestic immigration reform.
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Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative
Helping Our New Afghan Neighbors Learn, Earn, Belong, & Contribute
Immigrants and refugees have contributed to our communities since America’s inception, and we are well served when we offer a helping hand in the short term so that they can rebuild their lives.
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Domestic Excellence
Advancing policies that promote economic growth and strengthen our competitiveness in the global economy
Ensuring all U.S. students are prepared for college and a career
Ensuring post-9/11 veterans and their families make successful transitions to civilian life
Developing a new generation of leaders who are focused on solving society's most challenging issues
Global Leadership
Extending freedom and democracy around the world
Saving women's lives from cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa
Promoting education, healthcare, and economic opportunity for women around the world