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October 4, 2021
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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Rabe honored with NASPAA/APSA distinguished research award

The distinguished research award from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) and the American Political Science Association (APSA), recognizes Barry Rabe's outstanding contributions to the field of environmental policy and practice. Watch »

 
   


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Shaefer testifies about the impact of the Child Tax Credit and other COVID relief measures

Testifying before the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Luke Shaefer called on Congress to recognize the success of the federal COVID relief packages and to make permanent the expansion of the child tax credit. More »

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School districts should be flexible in offering in-person and remote options as pandemic continues

A new study by Kevin Stange and the Education Policy Initiative explores variations in what parents expect from schools, and how school districts can avoid losing more enrollees to either homeschooling or private schools. More »



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Business and government: Diversity, regulation, and sustainability.
Penny Naas (MPP '93), president of international public affairs and sustainability at UPS, and Betsey Stevenson discuss key issues at the intersections of government and business. More »

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"Companies signing on to corporate pledges is an essential piece of the overall momentum that we need to get reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. If they have interim targets along the way and clear plans for how to meet those interim targets, that's a good sign." Jennifer Haverkamp on corporate climate pledges.

NPR Marketplace

 

The gap between kindergarten and preschool enrollment is "driven by the fact that parents have to pay for preschool and kindergarten is available to our public school system. So what we have done is create a nation of kids who are underinvested in, and that feeds into not just what our potential is as an economy, but it also feeds into inequality." Betsey Stevenson on the need for affordable child care.

Business Insider

 

"The mandate is actually really good for business. You don't want to be the CEO out on a ledge, potentially creating a PR disaster, but if everyone in your industry is doing the same thing, you're not on the ledge. It's depoliticized the issue." Justin Wolfers on Biden's vaccine and testing mandate for large companies

NBC News

 

"We are not recognizing the issue of trauma that is really connected to the experience of housing instability and homelessness for kids. When behaviors are manifesting in the classroom, rather than trying to connect those kids to the support services that they need, we're pushing them out of school." Jennifer Erb-Downward on the connection between housing instability and learning.

WDET

 

"Our results suggest reasons to be cautious about attempts to spur the poor to break out of poverty through setting higher aspirations. Our results show that such an approach may even backfire if these aspirations are set so high as to be unachievable." Dean Yang on a 'mindset' approach to anti-poverty work.

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