Public Policy

Common Good or Individual Rights During a Global Pandemic

To wear a mask or not to wear a mask? That is a good question. With so much confusion out there, it is hard to know exactly what to do. As states move forward with plans to reopen their economy, people have been left with a lot of ...

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Private Health Care vs. Medicare for All:

Looking for a great article to share with my students concerning this topic. Would love to have a bipartisan view or maybe several articles from different points of view. Thanks for sharing.

Is the implementation of tariffs on foreign goods the best way to protect American industry? Does anyone have a great lesson or hand-out teaching the influence of tariffs on our economy?

Check out these recent articles discussing redrawing the congressional political map and some great quotes from Supreme Court. Great resources to help with class discussion on gerrymandering.

"It's Time for Maryland's Map to be Redrawn by a Non-Partisan Commission," by the Washington Post editorial board, November 26, 2018.

"Maryland, the court & partisan redistricting," by Jack Fruchtman, Washington Post, December 7, 2018.

Hi everyone. I need your help…

I am collecting data to help identify the real-world impact of political polarization brought on by social media interactions. The data that I collect will be used for my Master’s Thesis to complete my degree in Political Science at American Public University. The ...

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Looking for ideas on Media Bias projects, whether public policy or Constitution, or election/electoral/politicking ...

Any ideas all? I think a media bias project would be a great scaffolding activity, culminating in the public policy/media portions of class curriculums...so, TOPICAL right now, and seemingly may stand the test of time with the changing era of our current democratic ideals and perceptions of democracy.

Your thoughts???

thanks!

Earlier today I was asked some questions by a Brazilian journalist named Beatriz Bergamin. Among those questions were these three--
"1- How do public policies work in the USA? 2 - What is the importance of public policies in your opinion? 3 - Do you believe that public policies work and actually...

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Before we can begin to talk about Public Policy, we should define it. However, this does not appear to be an easy task. The Center for Civic Education deals with this at the following link:

http://www.civiced.org/pc-program/instructional-component/public-policy