article thumbnail

How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

ED Surge

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families.

Cultures 140
article thumbnail

The Election of FDR and the Immediate Response to the Great Depression

ACRE

The lesson could be used as a precursor to a unit on the New Deal in history classrooms or as a case study on economic policy impacts in a social science course. Students watch the address and discuss the branches of government, separation of powers, and a President’s ability to create political change.

educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Teachers Can Positively Impact Education Policy, We Just Have to Use Our Teacher Voice

ED Surge

These bills emerged as many state governments pushed to reopen schools amidst the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite numerous surveys indicating that teachers were more likely to leave the profession due to unsafe working conditions and burnout. Invite an elected official to your classroom. Testify at a public hearing.

article thumbnail

Lael Keiser Receives the 2024 John Gaus Award

Political Science Now

This article has been cited more than 800 times (according to Google Scholar), with its findings replicated across numerous policy areas in many countries. Dr. Lael Keiser is professor and director of the Harry S Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri.

article thumbnail

Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care

The Hechinger Report

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 118
article thumbnail

2024 Post-Election Reflection Series: Decline of Progressive Congressional Challengers in 2024 Suggests there Won’t be Another AOC

Political Science Now

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.