Our weekly roundup of policy-relevant reads and IPPSR-connected research

Problems

• ‘Children Are Not Blueberries’ What A Trump/DeVos Administration Would Mean For Local Schools (link is external) IPPSR Affiliate David Arsen discusses the potential impact of a DeVos nomination on school funding.
• Black History Month: MSU Scholar Explores Impacts Of Oppression On U.S. Innovation (link is external) IPPSR Affiliate Lisa Cook discusses the impact of oppression on innovation for African American investors.
• Special Report: Sexual Assault Survivors Speak On Title IX Experiences (link is external) IPPSR Affiliate Rebecca Campbell discusses different responses to sexual assault.
• Where You Live Affects Your Personality, Study Says (link is external) IPPSR Affiliate William Chopik’s study reveals character variations among states.

Policy 

• Personality Traits ‘Contagious’ Among Children (link is external) IPPSR Affiliate Jennifer Watling Neal finds that preschoolers influence one another’s personalities in new study.
• Record-High Profit Sharing For GM Union Workers (link is external) IPPSR Affiliate Charles Ballard comments on the effect of bonuses for GM workers in the local economy.
• How Much Change Can Betsy DeVos Make At State’s Schools? (link is external) IPPSR Affiliate Kristi Bowman is quoted on DeVos’s influence on civil rights complaints in schools.

Politics

• Michigan Matters: Michigan Political Leadership Program (link is external) IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann discusses the Michigan Political Leadership Program on Michigan Matters, on
• E.L., State Weigh Immigration Ban Implications (link is external) MPLP Alumni and House Democratic Leader Sam Singh comments on the new presidential administration’s immigration ban.
• Dems To Challenge ‘Partisan Gerrymander’ In Michigan (link is external) MPLP Alumni and State Representative Jeremy Moss introduces legislation that would create a nonpartisan commission to draw district lines.