ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Cole-Ochoa is among the educators nationwide who are trying new approaches to social-emotional learning in hopes of helping students deal with the continuing mental health struggles that took shape or worsened during the isolation of remote learning that started in 2020.

Cultures 140

Cultures Junior High Middle School Tutoring 140

ED Surge

MARCH 24, 2022

It was the Fall of 2020, and I delivered my testimony on Zoom to the Texas State Board of Education. This was the first time in many years that Texas was revising its sex education standards, which would impact millions of students in Texas for many years. Invite an elected official to your classroom. Testify at a public hearing.

Education Policy 107

Education Policy Education Government Advocacy 107

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

In a city where child care can easily consume more than half of that, Funes was optimistic that she would qualify for a government-funded subsidy to help her afford the cost. The federal government requires that subsidies go to families that make no more than 85 percent of their states median income.

Advocacy 116

Advocacy Government Political Science Psychology 116

Political Science Now

APRIL 15, 2025

In a working paper, I study the emergence, election, and policy impact of the post-Sanders progressives who ran for Congress on the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. The paper relies on interviews with 42 former progressive candidates and causal estimates of progressive challengers impact on Democratic incumbents behavior.

Political Science 42

Political Science Advocacy Economics Policy Impact 42