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Learn more about: Examining Women’s Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles

Political Science Now

Project Title:Examining Womens Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles Tessa Provins, University of Arizona Tessa Provins is an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. She received her M.A. in economics from Stanford University in 2013.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

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Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Things … the government does affect us, but we can’t vote,” she said.

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PROOF POINTS: Pandemic relief money is flowing to class-size reduction but research evidence for it isn’t strong

The Hechinger Report

A 2018 review of the research evidence for reducing class sizes found only small benefits in reading and no benefits in math, on average. A 2018 review of all the high-quality class size experiments around the world, including the U.S., Credit: Camilla Forte for The Hechinger Report. In math, the review found no benefits at all.

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Despite popularity with parents and teachers, review of research finds small benefits to small classes

The Hechinger Report

Now, a new October 2018 review of class size research around the world finds at most small benefits to small classes when it comes to reading. In his 2018 Book, “ World Class ,” Schleicher debunks the “myth” that “smaller classes always mean better results.” In math, it found no benefits at all.

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Deception as Investment: How to Make Digital Ponzi Schemes in China

Anthropology News

In the dim light of a Monday morning in August 2018, Meng, a 33-year-old woman living near Beijing, began her day with a sense of urgency. I conducted fieldwork among Chinese middle-class investors from 2018 to 2021, precisely during the period marked by the industry’s decline, to capture people’s shifting perception of their financial lives.

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Three Political Science Professors Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Political Science Now

Each year, the Guggenheim Foundation awards approximately 175 fellowships to individuals making their mark in the social sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. He is also an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science where his office is located.

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Meet Yifan (Flora) He, 2023 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantee

Political Science Now

Yifan (Flora) He is a PhD candidate at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, with a research focus on land and natural resources governance in the Global South using causal inference methods and geospatial tools.