Policy in Perspective from The LBJ School of Public Affairs

Author: Salimah Jasani

The Gas Pump is No Place for a Child to Play: The case for replacing 12th grade with universal Pre-K

Post author By Salimah Jasani
Post date April 28, 2019
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on early education and his plan, unveiled in the State of the Union Address, to ensure high-quality preschool for every child, at the Decatur Community Recreation Center in Decatur, Georgia, Feb. 14, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

This piece is the first prize winner of the 2019 Baines Report Op-Ed Contest. _ It’s the autumn of 1995 in a sleepy East Texas town. The principal of the local preschool stops by the store for groceries, when she notices a young child playing outside by the gas pumps. She rushes to the child’s […]

Tags 12th grade, children, cognitive science, education, federal government, high school, Op-Ed, Pre-K, preschool, research

Politics and Governance

This Immigrant Muslim Woman Says: Please Don’t Unfriend Your Annoying Republican Uncle

Post author By Salimah Jasani
Post date January 25, 2019
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On Nov. 9, 2016, I woke up to a bewildering array of text messages. There were the many friends who, like myself, were utterly shocked that Donald Trump was going to be our next president. There were also the fellow teachers hastily scrapping lesson plans so we could talk about the election with our students. […]

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