U.S. House Appropriations Committee Considers Needs of Community Colleges, Including Pell Grant Funds
EdNC reports that Shalin Jyotishi testified before the House Appropriations Committee on the role of community colleges in workforce development.
Learning Ecosystems
The National Commission on Learning Ecosystems (NCLE) is a two-year project to examine how place-based models of learning ecosystems are working to improve public education and help children, youth, and families thrive. These ecosystems are made up of varied sites of learning in a geographic community, including schools and districts, libraries, museums, early learning programs, afterschool and summer programs, recreation centers, technology hubs, public media stations, post-secondary campuses, university extension centers, and more.
A growing number of national, state, and local leaders are already highlighting the groundbreaking potential of connecting these sites of learning. The commission brings together more than 20 national leaders and 12 regional leaders to build on this momentum. We will be synthesizing work to date and examining how these ecosystems can continue to expand and support children, youth, and families, especially those too often left out of the learning experiences needed for twenty-first century success.
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AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns
Route Fifty covered RethinkAI's piece on how artificial intelligence will increase demand for government services before it increases efficiency.
Evolution of Skills at Scale
FOWIE Fellow Antonio Delgado, VP for Technology Partnerships at Miami Dade College, spoke about AI and education on NASDAQ's TradeTalks.
The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression
Age verification requirements—especially those blocking access to a wide range of speech, as seen in ASAA—undermine Americans' rights.
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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now
New focus groups show rising doubts about college costs, and growing interest in youth apprenticeship as a flexible, earn-and-learn path.
Kmar Sfar
Program Coordinator, Center on Education & Labor
About Digital Service for the Planet
Digital Service for the Planet
Our environment is rapidly changing, and decision makers across sectors—and at every level of government—lack the data and technology they need to respond and adapt to that change. From clean air and drinking water, to megafires and biodiversity loss, the stakes are high and getting higher for how the nation will tackle those priorities quickly and at scale.
The Digital Service for the Planet (DSP) is a collaboration between New America’s Technology and Democracy programs, New America’s New Practice Lab, and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC). This partnership is designed to incubate innovative digital tools, data, policies, and strategies that government can use to improve the delivery of services across our ecosystems, communities, and environmental priorities.
The SAVE Act Is the Wrong Way to ‘Nationalize’ Elections. There’s a Better One.
American elections need more federal consistency. But Lee Drutman says there’s a better, nonpartisan way.
Will Funding Follow the Kudos?
Shalin Jyotishi's congressional testimony on how community colleges could benefit from increased federal support was referenced in CC Daily.
Drinking Water Data for the Nation: Version 1.0 Release Webinar
Learn more about a new web-based tool working to help all Americans access safe and reliable drinking water.
Virtual
2PM – 3PM EST