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How to Make Emerging Tech Work for Communities with Disabilities
Technology can be a lifeline—or a barrier. Users with disabilities explain how accessible design makes all the difference.
Making Workforce Pell Work for Registered Apprenticeships
Proposed regulations make it easier for Registered Apprenticeships to access Workforce Pell, but programs shouldn’t overlook traditional Pel<…
Details Matter in DOL’s New Pay-for-Performance Strategy
The new apprenticeship funding model needs guardrails to promote quality programs and equitable outcomes.
Marcella Bombardieri on the Cost of Underfunding Community Colleges
New America Fellow Marcella Bombardieri spoke about her forthcoming book, College Material.
$98 Million Federal Funding Opportunity Through YouthBuild
How the DOL is working to expand pathways for opportunity youth through pre-apprenticeship.
Granting Undocumented Students Access to Public Education Delivers $633 Billion Return on Investment
The social and economic benefits of Plyler v. Doe have been widespread over the last 40 years, new report finds.
In 2026, States and Congress Will Need to Mitigate the Damage to PreK-12 Education
What will 2026 bring? Here are the questions we are asking and our recommendations for how Congress and state policymakers should respond.