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IHD advisory committee member Sean Darling-Hammond featured in UC Berkeley Public Health news

We are excited to share that IHD advisory committee member Sean Darling-Hammond was featured in UC Berkeley Public Health news, where his research on racial disparities in school discipline was highlighted. His work explores the structural roots of student misbehavior and punishment, and restorative...

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Seven Berkeley graduate students take early childhood policy to Capitol Hill

For four days in mid-July, a conference room at the American Council on Education in Washington, DC became a remote classroom for early childhood policy. Seven graduate students from UC Berkeley joined peers from a dozen universities where they engaged with think tank staffers to dissect federal...

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IHD and E3C convene second annual Early Childhood Policy Summer Institute in Sacrament

On May 6, 2026, the Institute of Human Development (IHD) and UC Berkeley’s Equity and Excellence in Early Childhood (E3C) convened a new cohort of graduate students in Sacramento for the second annual Early Childhood Policy Summer Institute — a full-day, immersive experience designed to connect...

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SFUSD-Berkeley Research Practice Partnership highlighted in William T. Grant Foundation blog post

In a recent William T. Grant Foundation blog post, our Research Practice Partnership with San Francisco Unified School District is highlighted and explores our relational and adaptive approach centered on trust.

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