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College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 8

The Hechinger Report

Education Department is finally set to go into effect in 2026. Jon: Sarah Igo chairs the American History Department at Vanderbilt and is an intellectual historian. Sarah Igo: What that means is I study the history of ideas rather than, say, public policy or economic development or wars or that kind of thing.

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

Walz also was behind Minnesota’s child tax credit increase in 2023, and successfully pushed forward a statewide paid family and medical leave law that takes effect in 2026. — Harris provided the tie-breaking Senate vote that temporarily increased the child tax credit during the pandemic and has proposed making that tax credit permanent.

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