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Family Economic Well-being and Children’s Educational Development Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sociologist Margot Jackson and Psychologist Taryn Morrissey examine the effects of state-level public spending on programs targeting children.
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Welcome Back to the PSTC!
On Wednesday, September 24, the PSTC community gathered to commemorate the beginning of a new academic year.
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Cultural Anthropologist Jessaca Leinaweaver examines the various ways that children receive, are denied, and provide care.
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Recent In the Media
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is dividing education advocates with his calls to axe a gifted program in schools.
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Many parents believe their children are getting plenty of sleep—but new research from Brown University suggests that notion may be far from the truth.
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Psychology Today
Viral Humanity: Lessons From COVID-19
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on American society were complex. How the pandemic impacted racial and ethnic relations, and how differently its impact was felt by people of different races/ethnicities, of different socioeconomic classes, and in different “media silos,” are much-discussed topics.
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