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It’s impossibly hard to be a baby or toddler in some parts of the country

The Hechinger Report

These are some of the findings of a new report released by the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at The University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs. Similarly, if their environment is full of adversity or a lack of stability or violence, that actually negatively impacts their brain development.

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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up  

The Hechinger Report

Researchers at the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University say that, over the past year, a small but growing number of states have adopted some — or all—of the five policies the Impact Center says are proven to increase infant, toddler, and family well-being.

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We need more black and brown teachers but not for the reasons you think

The Hechinger Report

Black teachers may have a larger policy impact when they teach white students.”. Black teachers may have a larger policy impact when they teach white students. Related: Leading by example: Black male teachers make students ‘feel proud’. Black students will always underachieve when they are perceived as needing fixing.

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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.

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Voice and Balancing in US Congressional Elections

Political Science Now

Two complementary mechanisms describe how this opportunity is embraced by centrists: a direct mechanism, which strengthens the out-party in Congress to “balance” the president’s policy impact, and an indirect mechanism, by which midterm voting serves to “voice” dissatisfaction as a signal to the president.

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Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Matthias Lopez, University of the Pacific

Political Science Now

Immigration Policies Impact on Immigrants’ Mental Health,” a prospectus for utilizing a VR simulation of an immigration raid to understand if this experience alters a participant’s attitudes toward immigration policy.

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

ACRE

Marcus Witcher and covers the 1932 election, the transition of power from the Hoover to FDR administration, and early economic policies designed to combat the Great Depression. 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.