State Policy Report - Disaster Resilience: 2023 Session Recap

This report identifies trends in state disaster resilience policy among legislation enacted in 2023. Legislative trends are presented by state and region and by 12 categories: Funding, Energy, Communications, Transportation, Safety and Security, Health and Medical, Food and Water, Housing, Hazardous Materials, Land Use, Governance, and Equity. The report discusses and contextualizes findings in greater …

Bridging the Divide: An Analysis of Federal, State, and Local Policies in U.S. Schools

This chapter analyzes the ways in which past and present U.S. federal, state, and local policies have helped and hindered decision-making in local schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on the economic, political, and social impacts of distance learning efforts. The authors note that more than 76 million U.S. students were suddenly …

Leveraging Sustainability Mindsets in Adult Climate Literacy Training and Education: A Brief Summary of Sustainability Mindsets in the Enhancing Capacity in Adult Climate Literacy (ECACL) Study

Climate change poses significant challenges for emergency management professionals tasked with preparing and adapting communities to its impacts. This study aimed to understand how climate change education can meet the learning needs of emergency management professionals throughout the United States. This exploratory collective case study involved six certified emergency management professionals as key informants, along …

Ramifications of the digital Divide on Cognitive Development and School Preparedness

The conceptualization of the digital divide stems from multiple decades prior to the focal themes of this chapter as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education. As has been widely discussed in the literature as well as the popular press, numerous existing and long-standing inequities were accentuated throughout the pandemic, not the …