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Reports from Public Policy Newsletter for 2025-12-19 ( 6 items )  
EdTrust in MA Brief Highlights Critical Gaps in Massachusetts Math Instruction (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSrpt) -- Education Trust posted the following news release on Dec. 16, 2025: * * * New EdTrust in MA Brief Highlights Critical Gaps in Massachusetts Math Instruction Unequal Access to High-Quality Curricula, Growing Achievement Gaps, and the Urgent Need for Better Teacher Training * Boston, December 16 -- Massachusetts has built its reputation on education and innovation, yet its students are falling behind in the very skills that drive today's economy. Nearly half of more PR

EdTrust-New York Releases New Statewide Poll Showing Families Deeply Concerned About Math Instruction, Access, and Equity (10)
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (TNSrpt) -- The Education Trust-New York issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * EdTrust-New York Releases New Statewide Poll Showing Families Deeply Concerned About Math Instruction, Access, and Equity EdTrust-New York today released Solving the Equation: What Families Think About Math Instruction, Access, and Opportunity in New York, a new report revealing widespread concern among parents about math instruction, math pathways, and inequitable access to in more PR

New Brief Reveals How UnitedHealth Group's FDIC-Insured Bank Tightens "Death Grip" on Independent Physicians (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 [Category: Sociological] (TNSrpt) -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * New Brief Reveals How UnitedHealth Group's FDIC-Insured Bank Tightens "Death Grip" on Independent Physicians * Washington, D.C. Optum Financial has grown into an essential component of UnitedHealth Group's monopoly power, one that it uses to tighten an iron grip of control over independent physician practices, a new brief released by the American Economic  more PR

Overlapping Natural Hazards Worsen U.S. Air Quality (10)
BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 19 (TNSrpt) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * Overlapping natural hazards worsen U.S. air quality CIRES researchers find rural Americans face an increased burden when wildfires, floods, or drought occur simultaneously * New CIRES research finds air quality in the United States worsens when natural hazards co-occur, such as when wildfires overlap with droughts or heatwaves. The results show these situa more PR

Report: 96% of State Emergency Preparedness Checklists Ignore Sexual Health (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 [Category: Biology] (TNSrpt) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Report: 96% of State Emergency Preparedness Checklists Ignore Sexual Health * TUCSON, Ariz. A new report released today by the Center for Biological Diversity found that sexual and reproductive health items are left off all but two state emergency preparedness checklists. This leaves residents in the dark when it comes to protecting their sexual health during incre more PR

Voting Open: Meet the Teacher of the Year Finalists (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 [Category: Political] (TNSrpt) -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Voting Open: Meet the Teacher of the Year Finalists * Exceptional Teachers Shaping America's Future The 2025 "Teacher of the Year" will be announced on January 19, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. - In classrooms nationwide, teachers are educating the next generation of American leaders, shaping the future of the nation and the world. Teachers don't take on this enor more PR