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New America, Reimagined: Built for What’s Next
New America Announces Its New Mission and Vision, Reveals New Logo and Website
AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns
The House’s Financial Aid “Confusion” Act
A House proposal claims to clarify college costs, but by avoiding a standardized financial aid offer it could leave students more confused.
10 Better Life Lab stories that influenced 2025’s family economic security and workplace equity debates
A Ready-Made Model for Workforce Pell: Inside Lorain’s Fast Track Programs
Lorain Community College’s Fast Track programs offer a model for Workforce Pell: short, affordable, career-aligned pathways.
How Oak National Academy Is Transforming Classrooms with AI and OER
The United States can learn lessons from how Oak National Academy is transforming AI and OER in the U.K.
Tech for the People, by the People: Using AI to Solve Environmental Problems with JR Washebek
JR tells about what drew her to the nexus of AI, the environment, and society and what her hopes are for a future with AI.
The Us@250 Experience: Building a New American Future
Scholars, artists, and activists explore renewing American democracy through local storytelling and curiosity.
OTI Endorses Artificial Intelligence (AI) Civil Rights Act
Too often, algorithmic decisions entrench bias and deepen inequities.
Performance Zoning for Better Cities: A Q&A with Adam Lubinsky
When zoning centers outcomes instead of restrictions, it can promote growth and support community needs.
In Boston, Bringing the Best of Pre-K Practices into the Elementary Years
Boston has focused on creating and implementing a curriculum that aligns the content & instructional practices of pre-K through second grade
