America Turns 250, and Confidence in Democracy Is Shaky
Ted Johnson and M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska discuss modern American patriotism, past anniversaries, and how this 250th anniversary can spur change.
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OTI’s Agentic AI Work Wins Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award
A Trump Official’s Thin Legal Case Against Accreditors’ DEI Policies
The Inevitable but Avoidable War
Tech for the People, by the People: Harmonizing Data for the Environmental Movement with Gabe Watson
Americans Think We Have the World’s Best Colleges. We Don’t.
New America’s Kevin Carey writes in the New York Times that standard views of the American higher education system exaggerate its strength.
For-Profits and Fin Aid: Accountability in Harkin’s Higher Ed Act Draft
If the accountability provisions of the Harkin bill had a slogan it would be “fixing finances first.”
Higher Ed Data Plan Would Supersize Burden
The House and Senate education committees took a step forward on reauthorization of the Higher Ed Act, but with a high burden.
Neither Bottom-Up Nor Top-Down
Gauging Public Support for Education Spending
Americans overwhelmingly want us to do more in early childhood.
Introducing ‘Seeding Reading’
Today’s children are surrounded by digital media of all kinds. How will they ever learn to read?
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Report: Federal Special Ed Dollars Not Always Fairly Distributed
A report released by New America explains how the federal formula for IDEA special education grants to states aren’t always fair.