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The Case for Giving Money to Poor Parents
Given the politics of anti-poverty programs, you already know what you think of that idea by the time you’ve reached this sentence.
Speaking Up for Career Pathways
Building stronger linkages between education and careers is not easy.
Civic Innovation Beyond Civic Technology
“Civic tech" has helped us fundamentally shift the way we understand our world and our place in it. But technology doesn’t do it alone.
Vermont Takes on “The Poverty Trap”
Telling poor families not to save is a different kind of poverty trap, but it deserves to be addressed just the same.
What We Know About Accelerated Developmental Education
What We Know About Accelerated Developmental Education
A recent Economic Letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examines the value of attending college by comparing annual earnings
Evaluating the Design of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
The question remains whether existing indicators, like ECERS-R scores, are even the most reliable measure of program quality.
MyRA for Renters? Sounds Familiar
Building a savings option into the act of paying rent is a good idea.
States Have Improved Pre-K Quality Over the Past Decade
It’s not hard to see where states are improving -- and where they haven’t made much progress at all.
Taking Education Reform From Launch to Stable Orbit
Even the biggest, most comprehensive reforms have mostly ended up as tinkering around the edges.
A Victory for Digital Justice (Your Tax Dollars at Work)
Preschool Yearbook Finds Fewer Children Enrolled
2013 marked the first year of decline in enrollment noted by the organization over the decade NIEER has been publishing the Yearbooks.
Can More Federal Flexibility Improve States’ Teacher Evaluation Systems?
Another day, another U.S. Department of Education announcement updating how states can maintain their waiver from the outdated NCLB.
New America on President Obama’s MyRA: Has Potential, But Can Do More
Recommendations for the Administration and Congress to maximize the impact of myRA through supporting both emergency and retirement savings.