Worry Less about Your High Schoolers’ Testing Time and More about Their Tests’ Quality
It’s time to put our conventional wisdom about testing to the test, says Abigail Swisher.
Bringing All Americans Online
The Federal Communications Commission will soon be updating its Lifeline program, which helps ensure that vitally important communications.
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New America
740 15th Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005
Construction Ahead: Are State Policies Building Bridges, Detours, or Roadblocks to College?
In “Mapping College Ready Policies,” Abigail Swisher analyzes states’ progress to ensure all students are on a path to high school.
Fully Funding IDEA: A Democratic Dream or Just an Empty Promise?
Sanders and Clinton have both pledged to fully fund IDEA – an expensive proposition that Obama has failed to prioritize.
Your Favorite Movies and Cyber from Down Under
New America’s Peter Singer and Passcode’s Sara Sorcher interview Walter Parkes and Ben Heyes.
Democracy Reinvented
Current citizen disaffection and mistrust in government has stalled the best impacts of many advances in civic innovation.
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Civic Hall
156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY 10010
Following the rules or making its own?: Pennsylvania is the only state barring online students from its need-based grant program
Why is Pennsylvania the only state barring online students from the state’s need-based grant program?’
Standardized Assessments of College Learning: Past and Future
Fredrik deBoer looks at current research regarding standardized assessment policies and outcomes.
The Rise and Fall of PoliSci Plus This Changes Everything, Pt. II
Higher Ed Happy Hour Episode 15: brief discussion on Season 4 of The Americans, then how we should blow up the federal financial aid system.