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In Poverty, Under Surveillance

December 12, 2013

In Poverty, Under Surveillance

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Looking Back on 2013: Early Education Policy in the States

In Short

Looking Back on 2013: Early Education Policy in the States

For most every American policy debate, this is the very worst of times.

Dec 12, 2013

Conor P. Williams

New America NYC: Broadly Speaking: The Child Exchange

December 12, 2013

New America NYC: Broadly Speaking: The Child Exchange

In-Person</p> <p class="card6-location -t:10 -c:d2t">New America<br/>740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion-rates/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>Pay No Attention to Supposedly Low MOOC Completion Rates</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image" style="--width-px: 540; --ratio-huge: 0.68518518518519;" > <img data-src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion-ra.original.jpg" src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion-ra.original.jpg" style="" alt="student at computer education" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion-ra.original.jpg 1688w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg 1200w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completio.min-1100x500.jpg 1100w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion.max-800x600.jpg 800w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion.min-650x200.jpg 650w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion.max-300x240.jpg 300w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion.max-165x165.jpg 165w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/pay-attention-supposedly-low-mooc-completion-ra.width-30.jpg 30w" sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1 card6-image" text="Loading..."></i> </figure> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">Pay No Attention to Supposedly Low MOOC Completion Rates</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <div class="card6-lead -t:11 -c:d2t"> <p>Tthinking about MOOCs only in terms of completion rates is misleading.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-12">Dec 12, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/people/kevin-carey/">Kevin Carey</a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/the-federal-budget-widens-the-racial-wealth-gap/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>The Federal Budget Widens the Racial Wealth Gap</span></a> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">The Federal Budget Widens the Racial Wealth Gap</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-12">Dec 12, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1">Elliot Schreur</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-podcast" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/the-weekly-wonk-karzais-dangerous-game/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>The Weekly Wonk: Karzai’s Dangerous Game</span></a> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3848" class="">Podcast</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">The Weekly Wonk: Karzai’s Dangerous Game</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <div class="card6-lead -t:11 -c:d2t"> <p>Afghan President Hamid Karzai is refusing to sign the U.S. peace agreement that outlines the terms of our 2014 withdrawal.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-12">Dec 12, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/people/douglas-ollivant/">Douglas Ollivant</a>, Fuzz Hogan, <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/people/anne-marie-slaughter/">Anne-Marie Slaughter</a>, Omar Samad</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/budget-bill-quells-concerns/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>Budget Bill Quells Some, Not All, Concerns</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image" style="--width-px: 540; --ratio-huge: 0.68518518518519;" > <img data-src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.original.jpg" src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.original.jpg" style="" alt="paul ryan" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.original.jpg 2046w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg 961w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.min-1100x650.jpg 949w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.min-1100x500.jpg 881w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.max-800x600.jpg 641w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.min-650x200.jpg 521w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.max-300x240.jpg 240w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.max-165x165.jpg 132w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/budget-bill-quells-concerns_image.width-30.jpg 24w" sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1 card6-image" text="Loading..."></i> </figure> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">Budget Bill Quells Some, Not All, Concerns</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <div class="card6-lead -t:11 -c:d2t"> <p>Tthe bill makes changes to two student loan programs.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-11">Dec 11, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1">Clare McCann</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/building-a-mesh-networks-in-rural-somaliland/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>Building a Mesh Networks in Rural Somaliland</span></a> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">Building a Mesh Networks in Rural Somaliland</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-11">Dec 11, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1">Daniel Hastings</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/new-research-on-the-relationship-between-race-and-retirement-security-in-the-us/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>New Research on the Relationship between Race and Retirement Security in the U.S.</span></a> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">New Research on the Relationship between Race and Retirement Security in the U.S.</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-11">Dec 11, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1">Hannah Emple</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agreement/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>Sensible Student Loan Solutions in the Budget Agreement</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image" style="--width-px: 540; --ratio-huge: 0.68518518518519;" > <img data-src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agreemen.original.jpg" src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agreemen.original.jpg" style="" alt="sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agreement_image.jpeg" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agreemen.original.jpg 1024w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agreeme.width-800.jpg 800w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agree.min-650x200.jpg 650w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agree.max-300x240.jpg 300w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agree.max-165x165.jpg 165w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/sensible-student-loan-solutions-budget-agreemen.width-30.jpg 30w" sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1 card6-image" text="Loading..."></i> </figure> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">Sensible Student Loan Solutions in the Budget Agreement</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <div class="card6-lead -t:11 -c:d2t"> <p>It’s an important step toward resolving budget disagreements for the next two years and identifying specific areas for cuts and offsets.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-11">Dec 11, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1">Ben Miller</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/event-thursday-in-poverty-under-surveillance/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>Event Thursday: In Poverty, Under Surveillance</span></a> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">Event Thursday: In Poverty, Under Surveillance</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-10">Dec 10, 2013</time></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/2013-academic-bowl-championship-series/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>The 2013 Academic Bowl Championship Series</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image" style="--width-px: 540; --ratio-huge: 0.68518518518519;" > <img data-src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/2013-academic-bowl-championship-s.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png" src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/2013-academic-bowl-championship-s.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png" style="" alt="2013-academic-bowl-championship-series_image.jpeg" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/2013-academic-bowl-championship-s.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png 391w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/2013-academic-bowl-championship-se.2e16d0ba.fill-300x230.png 230w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/2013-academic-bowl-championship-series_image.max-300x240.png 98w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/2013-academic-bowl-championship-series_image.max-165x165.png 67w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/2013-academic-bowl-championship-series_image.width-30.png 23w" sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1 card6-image" text="Loading..."></i> </figure> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">The 2013 Academic Bowl Championship Series</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <div class="card6-lead -t:11 -c:d2t"> <p>What would happen if we ranked teams in the BCS based upon how they did in the classroom, not on the field?</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-10">Dec 10, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1">Alexander Holt</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/the-keyspot-model-a-home-away-from-home/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>The KEYSPOT Model: A Home Away From Home</span></a> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">The KEYSPOT Model: A Home Away From Home</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-10">Dec 10, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1">Kayshin Chan, Kistine Carolan, Darby Hickey, Seeta Peña Gangadharan</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/case-study-misalignment-dual-language-learners-teacher-evaluations-chicago/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>A Case Study in Misalignment: Dual Language Learners and Teacher Evaluations in Chicago</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image" style="--width-px: 540; --ratio-huge: 0.68518518518519;" > <img data-src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-lang.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg" src="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-lang.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg" style="" alt="case-study-misalignment-dual-language-learners-teacher-evaluations-chicago_image.jpeg" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-lang.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg 919w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-language-learn.min-1100x500.jpg 843w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-language-learne.max-800x600.jpg 613w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-language-learne.min-650x200.jpg 498w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-language-learne.max-300x240.jpg 230w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-language-learne.max-165x165.jpg 126w, https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/images/case-study-misalignment-dual-language-learners-.width-30.jpg 23w" sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1 card6-image" text="Loading..."></i> </figure> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">A Case Study in Misalignment: Dual Language Learners and Teacher Evaluations in Chicago</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <div class="card6-lead -t:11 -c:d2t"> <p>Fully immersing DLLs in English before they are developmentally ready can undermine their broader linguistic development.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-09">Dec 9, 2013</time></p> <p class="card6-byline -t:10 -as:1">Conor P. Williams</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card6 -v2 -sep1b insight-type-in-short" reveal="1/" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/insights/a-guide-to-the-wassenaar-arrangement-2/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:0" hoverwatch><span invisible>A Guide to the Wassenaar Arrangement</span></a> <div class="card6-wrap"> <div class="insert1 card6-main"> <p class="card6-brow -t:19 -as:1"><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/latest/?insight_type%5B%5D=3765" class="">In Short</a></p> <h4 class="card6-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">A Guide to the Wassenaar Arrangement</span></h4> </div> <div class="insert1 card6-side"> <p class="card6-date -t:19 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2013-12-09">Dec 9, 2013</time></p> </div> </div> </article> <div class="paging1" slot="archives/paging" reveal="1+/4"> <ul class="paging1-pages -t:19 paging1-desktop" flex> <li class="paging1-step"> <a href="?query=network+neutrality&pg=946" class="icon-angle-left-bold" aria-label="Previous"> 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