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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
Showing Appreciation for Teachers by Making Their Jobs Even More Rewarding
There are smart ways to provide teachers with better support, collaboration, compensation, advancement, and job flexibility opportunities…
Q & A with Ester de Jong on the Bilingual and Biliteracy Dimensions of the Science of Reading
The nuances of learning to read in more than one language and differentiating service for ELs cannot be left out of the SoR shift.
When Students Get Lost in the Algorithm: The Problems with Nevada’s AI School Funding Experiment
Nevada now uses a machine-learning model to drive its “at-risk” school funding, but the new system is opaque and leaves many students out.
New MPI Report Points to Better Ways to Account for English Learner Academic Performance
It’s possible to provide a more accurate measure of ELs’ academic performance and contextual information about their learning environment.
In California, Testing Four-year-old Dual Language Learners Causes Anxiety and Concern
Some four-year-olds in California are taking English proficiency exams meant for older kids. Proposed legislation urges alternative options.
Deeper Learning in Kindergarten
In the Great First Eight curriculum, children participate actively in project-based learning much of the day.
The President’s FY25 Budget Request: What’s in It for Education?
New America’s education and labor team summarizes the education provisions in the president’s FY25 budget request.
Biden Administration’s New Executive Order Leverages Federal Resources to Boost Apprenticeships and Worker Training
President Biden signed an executive Order that will expand the use of Registered Apprenticeships in and beyond the federal government.
Using Tech to Spread the Story of the 1939 Library Sit-in
The 1939 Library Sit-in Project is a digital initiative to shed light on the first-recorded sit-in demanding unsegregated library access.