In Jindal’s Common Core Fight, Policy Should Matter Just as Much as Politics
Louisiana's Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal is waging a lonely crusade to rid the Pelican State of the Common Core State Standards.
Simplification is the Word of the Day
Is consensus emerging on some key federal higher education policy issues? It looks that way.
What Are School Enrollment Boundaries For?
How the District's education politics remain fundamentally driven by the politics of privilege, class, and race.
Children’s Savings: How Far We’ve Come
An introduction to Children's Savings Accounts (CSAs).
NYC: Redefining Success
New America welcome’s Arianna Huffington to speak about her new book and what redefining success looks like.
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New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
OTI Joins With Privacy Groups and Tech Companies to Tell Congress: End the NSA’s Backdoor Access to Internet Users’ Data
Presidents at War
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Dickinson College, and New America hosted a range of military and presidential advisers.
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New America
1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
Teacher Prep Review Paints Grim Picture, but with Possible Silver Lining
NCTQ’s inaugural 2013 Review was met with outcry and criticism from many teacher education programs.
Starbucks Offers Free* Higher Education: Details Emerge
It would be great if Starbucks kept track of students taking advantage of the benefit and publicly reported their outcomes.
Commotion Wireless As A Community Technology
OTI gathered innovative community technologists and organizers from India and Nepal for the first international Commotion workshop.
Commotion Wireless as a Community Technology: Lessons from Community Technologists in India and Nepal
Starbucks Announces Free* College Education. *Kinda sorta free
But like many “free college” programs, this benefit comes with a lot of strings attached.
White House Student Loan Proposal Won’t Help Many
Clare McCann explains at The Hill why the White House's proposed changes to income-based repayment won't help many borrowers
Access to what and for whom? A closer look at federal Parent PLUS loans
A recent report from AEI considers the federal Parent PLUS loan program: the types of institutions that benefit from the program, the types