Dear Secretary Duncan: Net Neutrality is an Education Issue
If comedian John Oliver can get the importance of net neutrality, then our U.S. Department of Education should too.
Focusing on Latino Parents’ Strengths
It can be easy to focus on what students from these backgrounds lack, rather than what they bring to the table.
The Next Class of New America Fellows
New America is pleased to announce the appointment of the following 2015 Fellows who will join us on September 1, under the new leadership o
3 Reasons #CivicTech Needs Civic Art
New America Announces Appointment of Peter W. Singer as Strategist and Senior Fellow
**Washington, DC** — New America is pleased to announce the appointment of leading political and international relations scholar Peter W. Si
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?
On Accountability and Audience
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.