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Emerging Technologies
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Best RAND Videos of 2019
Dec 20, 2019
At RAND, we examine complex issues in dozens of policy areas. And when our researchers aren't busy coming up with solutions to some of the world's biggest problems, sometimes they step in front of the camera to highlight their findings. Here are our top videos of 2019.
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Media Literacy
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How Americans Get the News, Iran, Caregiving: RAND Weekly Recap
Dec 13, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on how Americans consume the news, U.S.–Iranian relations, how federal disability payments help caregivers, and more.
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Teachers and Teaching
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Elevating Teacher Voices, Along with Their Salaries to Professionalize Teaching in Louisiana
Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman
Sep 18, 2019
The RAND Blog
Salary raises have a direct impact on teachers' day-to-day lives. But efforts like those in Louisiana to elevate teachers' voices, and not just their salaries, are more likely to make a real difference for the teaching profession by creating a clear career ladder. The state's efforts could also be cultivating a teaching force that is providing students with the curricula and instruction they need to achieve at higher levels.
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong, Education Reform, Baghdad: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 14, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on lessons for state education reform, retaining women in the U.S. Coast Guard, recounting the Battle for Baghdad, and more.
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Standards-Based Education Reform
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Louisiana's Education System Is Evolving: Here's What Parents Need to Know
Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman, Jill S. Cannon, Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson
Sep 12, 2018
The Advocate
Louisiana has taken big steps to improve its education policies and the education of the state's children, from birth to grade 12. Parents can help their children benefit from the reforms by being informed about the changes and knowing how to take advantage of new resources.
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Suicide
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Is Suicide Preventable? Insights from Research
May 8, 2017
Conventional wisdom about suicide prevention suggests that one just needs to know what warning signs to look for. But that's not the case.
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Hurricanes
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Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm
Aug 27, 2015
This weekend marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. As the region struggled to cope and rebuild after the storm, RAND experts worked on solutions to the region's long-term challenges.
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Community Resilience
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In Brief: Jordan R. Fischbach on Adapting to Climate Change on the Coast
Jordan R. Fischbach
Feb 6, 2013
Jordan Fischbach discusses how RAND helped Louisiana develop its 2012 Coastal Master Plan and key lessons that can make other communities more resilient in the face of natural disasters.
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Community Resilience
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What Louisiana Can Teach New York and New Jersey
Debra Knopman, Jordan R. Fischbach, David G. Groves
Nov 8, 2012
CNN
The massive damage and disruption caused by “Super Storm” Sandy has created a rare moment when New York City, New Jersey and surrounding areas are singularly focused on the infrastructure they need in a changing environment – not just the infrastructure they already have thanks to the vision and investments of past generations.
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Flooding
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In Wake of Hurricane Sandy, Look to Louisiana for Lessons
Gary Cecchine @GaryCecchine, David G. Groves, Jordan R. Fischbach
Nov 1, 2012
The RAND Blog
Just as public agencies across the country conducted terrorism risk assessments in the wake of 9/11, a comprehensive infrastructure assessment may be in order to understand natural hazard risks and the potential exacerbating effects of climate change, write Gary Cecchine, David Groves, and Jordan Fischbach.
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Environmental Sustainability
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Bringing Sustainability to the Louisiana Coast
David G. Groves
Jun 7, 2012
Policy Researcher David Groves describes RAND's role in helping to develop a plan to guide Louisiana's coastal investments, help its coastal citizens plan for the future, and create a sustainable coast.
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Louisiana
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A Flood of Innovation: Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan
Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich
May 11, 2012
RAND Review
RAND President and CEO Michael Rich writes about how RAND computer models and empirical analyses are helping protect and restore the Louisiana coast.
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New Orleans
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Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Melissa Flournoy
Jun 30, 2010
RAND.org
In his inaugural address, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu clearly accepted his dual challenge: rebuild a city that welcomes its still-displaced residents, and make long-needed changes to attract newcomers as well, writes Melissa Flournoy.
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Disaster Recovery Operations
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Five Questions President Obama Should Ask in His Visit to New Orleans
Melissa Flournoy
Oct 14, 2009
The Times-Picayune
The federal government has spent about $140 billion responding to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the Gulf Coast now needs more money for hurricane and flood protection and for coastal restoration. But we still haven't properly evaluated whether our money was spent wisely.
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commentary
Change Choices, Not Conversation
Melissa Flournoy
Aug 24, 2008
Monroe (LA) News Star
Too often we talk only about the ongoing challenges facing education, health care, transportation and economic development across the Gulf South — Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.... We need to determine new ways to work together across state lines to focus on solutions that will benefit the entire region, writes Melissa Flournoy.
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commentary
When Students Disappear...
John F. Pane @JohnFPane
Feb 21, 2007
Education Week
Published commentary by RAND staff: When Students Disappear..., in Education Week.
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commentary
Katrina Shows Supply Chain Needs National Attention
David S. Ortiz, Henry H. Willis @HenryHWillis
Sep 26, 2005
Los Angeles Business Journal
Published commentary by RAND staff: Katrina Shows Supply Chain Needs National Attention in the Los Angeles Business Journal.
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Louisiana

Best RAND Videos of 2019

How Americans Get the News, Iran, Caregiving: RAND Weekly Recap

Elevating Teacher Voices, Along with Their Salaries to Professionalize Teaching in Louisiana

Hong Kong, Education Reform, Baghdad: RAND Weekly Recap

Louisiana's Education System Is Evolving: Here's What Parents Need to Know

Is Suicide Preventable? Insights from Research

Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm

In Brief: Jordan R. Fischbach on Adapting to Climate Change on the Coast

What Louisiana Can Teach New York and New Jersey

In Wake of Hurricane Sandy, Look to Louisiana for Lessons

Bringing Sustainability to the Louisiana Coast

A Flood of Innovation: Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

Five Questions President Obama Should Ask in His Visit to New Orleans

Change Choices, Not Conversation

When Students Disappear...

Katrina Shows Supply Chain Needs National Attention

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