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Lilli Carré Half a dozen police cars ring the entrance to the Morris Educational Campus in the Bronx. To enter this venerable Gothic-style building, I have to make my way through a phalanx of policemen and be scanned by a metal detector. But the show of force doesn’t signal that the high school students inside pose a threat. It is intended to protect the students, who fear getting mugged, or worse, in a high-crime neighborhood situated in…

Third grade teacher Lynn Haskins talks to students at a school in Shingletown, California, on May 25, 2016. Political and legal battles surrounding teacher tenure and seniority have been raging in California over the past couple of years. In 2014, in Vergara v. California, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled that a variety of teacher job protections worked together to violate students’ constitutional right to an equal education. This past spring, in a 3–0 decision, the California…

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On July 21 - 22, 2016, the Goldman School of Public Policy will bring together Millennials from across California to explore their generation's vision for a better future in the Golden State. The two-day gathering of young leaders will be held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union on the UC Berkeley Campus (2495 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA) from 8:30am - 4:30pm. The Summit will bring together a network of young leaders at the forefront of social change from over 50UC, CSU,…

Minutes before, the upscale restaurant had been brimming with life. “I was waiting for my food when they walked inside—young, barely a year or two older than me, wearing jeans and t-shirts. They looked like the other customers. Within minutes they pointed their weapons at us, killed the foreigners and took us hostage,” says Tahmid, a 17-year-old who survived the terrorist attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At a nearby table, Nadia Benedetti, an…

In the summer of 2014, thousands of Central Americans—mainly unaccompanied children and parents traveling with children from the Northern Triangle of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala—crossed Mexico into the US. The arrivals made headlines as a humanitarian crisis. The United Nations designated these migrants as refugees fleeing an armed crisis, while the arrivals overwhelmed the US’s infrastructure and created a years-long backlog in the country’s immigration courts. By the end of…

About 9 million Americans receive benefits from the federal disability insurance program known as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). The program is designed to provide financial support for those no longer able to work, due to a disability. One important question is whether people are reluctant to return to work because they do not want to lose their SSDI benefits. In early June, the White House invited Professor Alex Gelber to share his research on disability insurance at the Council of…

Members of the GSPP community, including alumni, faculty and staff, are invited to submit nominations for the GSPP Alumnus of the Year Award!     GSPP places great value in the many contributions our alumni make every day to making the world a better place.  This is GSPP's opportunity to recognize our alumni for the accomplishments they have made to the field of public policy.   Below are details on the Alumnus of the Year Award,…

Research at the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory led by Goldman School Professor Dan Kammen and Dr. Deborah Sunton of the US Department of Energy highlights that while cities currently contribute to global climate change by emitting the majority of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, they could become the building blocks of sustainability. In this week’s inaugural special issue of Science Magazine on Sustainability Studies, Professor Daniel Kammen and Dr. Deborah Sunter explore the potential of using renewable…

Press release: BERKELEY, CA, May 16, 2016  - The Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) is delighted to announce that Professor Michael Nacht  has been appointed as Interim Director, effective May 16th.  He will replace Carol Christ, former CSHE Director, who was named the University’s Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost on May 1st. Michael Nacht holds the Thomas and Alison Schneider Chair in Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy.  …