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Race in Public Policy

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 24: Students attend class on the second to last day of school as New York City public schools prepare to wrap up the year at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on June 24, 2022 in New York City. Approximately 75% of NYC public schools enrolled fewer students for the 2021/2022 school year due to the pandemic. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Children & Families Bans on screen time will uniquely affect students of color | The TechTank Podcast

Nicol Turner Lee, Meisha Porter, Desmond Upton Patton, Ashley Stewart

September 9, 2026

Students attend history class taught by Jacob Marsh at Mark Twain Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 6, 2025, without smartphones due to the ban. The phone ban at the School is among a wave of measures implemented around the U.S., and is part of a global movement replicated in Brazil, France, and beyond. Supporters believe restrictions will guard pupils from the apparent harms of smartphone use while at school, but opponents say the measures fail to prepare teenagers for the digital world they will inevitably enter.

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Power lines are worked on in South Gate, California, on October 23, 2019, as scorching temperatures and the Santa Ana winds heighten the risk of wildfires in Southern California.

Race in Public Policy Cutting race considerations from the Digital Equity Act undermines its aim

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Vanessa Williamson Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Senior Fellow - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Rashawn Ray Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative (RPII)

Rachel M. Perera Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy, Robert and Virginia Hartley Chair in Governance Studies

William G. Gale The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

William H. Frey Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Harry J. Holzer Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity, John LaFarge Professor of Public Policy - Georgetown University

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