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Time to Improve

New America’s Melissa Tooley and Laura Bornfreund offer recommendations for a new federal approach to addressing current issues with educato

Mar 24, 2014

Melissa Tooley, Laura Bornfreund

Uncontrolled Global Surveillance: Updating Export Controls to the Digital Age

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Uncontrolled Global Surveillance: Updating Export Controls to the Digital Age

Findings show that export control regulations have become out-dated and have not kept up with new technology.

Mar 24, 2014

Tim Maurer, Edin Omanovic, Ben Wagner

Rebalancing the Scales

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Rebalancing the Scales

The 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty naturally prompts reflection on how much progress has been made and how to chart a path forward.

Mar 19, 2014

Rachel Black

Methodology for Identifying and Addressing Urban Areas with Low Broadband Adoption

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Methodology for Identifying and Addressing Urban Areas with Low Broadband Adoption

This brief describes the different phases of research to prepare for planning and managing broadband interventions at various scales.

Mar 13, 2014

Joshua Breitbart

College Blackout

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College Blackout

Students, families, and policymakers are finding their questions can’t be answered—because the higher education lobby has fought to keep it

Mar 11, 2014

Clare McCann, Amy Laitinen

Key Questions: Education Policy in the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget

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Key Questions: Education Policy in the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget

The Education Policy Program at New America has reviewed the president’s proposals and generated a list of key questions

Mar 4, 2014

The U.S. Economy After The Great Recession

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The U.S. Economy After The Great Recession

The bursting of the housing bubble in 2008 plunged the U.S. economy into a serious crisis, leaving American households with huge debt.

Mar 4, 2014

Sherle R. Schwenninger, Samuel Sherraden

The Financial Health Check

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The Financial Health Check

Redesign financial education and counseling to close the gap between intention and action.

Mar 3, 2014

Antoinette Schoar, Piyush Tantia

Connected Communities in an Age of Digital Learning

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Connected Communities in an Age of Digital Learning

The need to upgrade America’s Internet infrastructure to support innovative digital learning tools and services has never been greater.

Feb 26, 2014

Lindsey Tepe, Sarah Morris, Danielle Kehl

Connecting Tax Time to Financial Security

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Connecting Tax Time to Financial Security

Families that would greatly benefit from increased savings are missed by the current incentives delivered through the tax code.

Feb 25, 2014

Elliot Schreur, Rachel Black

Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

Private 5G Networks at Risk

Artificial Intelligence, Higher Education, and the Future of Knowledge

Strengthening Connections to Early Intervention Services Through Policy and Practice

Wired for Equity: Bridging the Disability Gap in Classrooms

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Time to Improve

Uncontrolled Global Surveillance: Updating Export Controls to the Digital Age

Rebalancing the Scales

Methodology for Identifying and Addressing Urban Areas with Low Broadband Adoption

College Blackout

Key Questions: Education Policy in the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget

The U.S. Economy After The Great Recession

The Financial Health Check

Connected Communities in an Age of Digital Learning

Connecting Tax Time to Financial Security