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May 25

Supporting civic education and media literacy is one way to counter #TruthDecay and restore the role of facts in the U.S.

With this in mind, we developed a series of lesson plans to help educators teach their students how to engage with public policy.🧵bit.ly/3wVfLPH

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The lesson plans—designed by @PradoTuma & Alice Huguet—can help middle school students understand
🔹how public policy relates to their lives
🔹why it's important to learn about policy issues from credible sources
🔹how to be more critical consumers and creators of information.

The lessons include videos of students asking RAND experts about important issues:
😷How can schools protect kids against COVID?
🇺🇸What support do immigrant families and children need?
🌎What should young people know about climate change?
💤Why don't teenagers get enough sleep?

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May 11

Why can't we agree on the facts?

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The role of facts & analysis in American public life has been declining over the last two decades.

We call this #TruthDecay. It's led to alienation, a lack of civil discourse, political paralysis, and general uncertainty around what's true and what isn't. bit.ly/3M9OkGI

RAND has been studying #TruthDecay to better understand

🔧how it works
🔎why it's happening
💡what you can do to tackle it.

And we're excited to share two new videos, inspired by our research.👇

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Oct 7, 2021

A four-day school week is becoming more common, especially across the western U.S.

Proponents say that it saves money, improves attendance, and helps keep teachers in rural areas. But does it?

Our new study breaks down the benefits & drawbacks. [thread] bit.ly/3iHZuWB

RAND researchers analyzed data from five states to find out:

💵 If the 4-day week saves schools money

💯 How it affects student absences and achievement

🍎 How a shorter week impacts teacher recruitment & retainment

👍 Whether parents and students support the approach

Saving money motivates districts to choose a 4-day week more than any other factor.

Existing empirical estimates suggest that a shorter week would save less than 5%. But some district officials reported larger savings, and many stressed that even small savings were meaningful.

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Apr 29, 2021

Russia and China have targeted Americans with malign and subversive information campaigns during the #COVID19 pandemic.

New RAND research examines these campaigns — and what they might suggest about future activities by Moscow and Beijing. [thread] bit.ly/2SaaMbH

The global spread of #COVID19 created fertile ground for attempts to influence and destabilize different populations.

Our report describes information efforts in which Russia- and China-associated outlets appear to have targeted U.S. audiences from January to July 2020.

Both Russia & China:
🔸used a variety of channels—including social media—to spread malign & subversive information
🔸sought to tarnish America's reputation by making claims about its pandemic response
🔸falsely accused the U.S. of developing & intentionally spreading the virus

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Apr 28, 2021

The Health Related Behaviors Study (HRBS) is the flagship Department of Defense survey for understanding the health and well-being of military service members.

Here are the latest results.⬇️ [thread] bit.ly/3b4Eoy3

The HRBS asks questions about health-related issues that can affect force readiness or the ability to meet the demands of military life.

These findings represent some of the most up-to-date information about the health of U.S. military personnel.

For an overview, here's a research brief with findings and policy implications for the active component:
bit.ly/3nuxO8G

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Apr 27, 2021

Accurate data are critical to understanding the full cost of gun violence in America. That's why we created a new database of firearm hospitalizations.

We estimate that there were nearly 548,000 such hospitalizations from 2000 to 2016. [thread] bit.ly/3gEEsIl

This map shows the number of firearm injuries requiring hospitalization per 100,000 residents, averaged between 2000 and 2016.

There are substantial differences in the rate of inpatient hospitalizations for firearm injury across states. But national trends have been relatively stable over time.

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