Economic & Workforce Development

A Tale of Two Pre-K Leaders: How State Policies for Center Directors and Principals Leading Pre-K Programs Differ, and Why They Shouldn’t

Report / In Depth

A Tale of Two Pre-K Leaders: How State Policies for Center Directors and Principals Leading Pre-K Programs Differ, and Why They Shouldn’t

A 50-state scan reveals child care directors are consistently held to lower standards than elementary school principals.

May 17, 2017

Abbie Lieberman

Don’t Use Kindergarten Readiness Assessments for Accountability

In Short

Don’t Use Kindergarten Readiness Assessments for Accountability

While KRAs have several benefits for teaching and learning, the results can also be used inappropriately.

Apr 3, 2017

Laura Bornfreund, Anna Sillers

New America Creates Millennial Fellowship to Support Young Adults Engaging with Public Policy

Press Release

New America Creates Millennial Fellowship to Support Young Adults Engaging with Public Policy

New America is pleased to announce the Millennial Public Policy Fellowship, set to begin in August 2017.

Jan 5, 2017

Democracy Against Domination

Book / In Depth

Democracy Against Domination

K. Sabeel Rahman offers an alternative vision for how we should govern the modern economy in a democratic society.

Nov 8, 2016

K. Sabeel Rahman

Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States

Book / In Depth

Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States

A sweeping and original work of economic history by one of America’s leading intellectuals.

Apr 17, 2012

Michael Lind

Land of Promise

Book / In Depth

Land of Promise

Land of Promise demonstrates that Americans, since the earliest days of the republic, have reinvented the American economy.

Apr 1, 2012

Michael Lind

From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics

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Book / In Depth

From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics

Palley argues that the Great Recession and destruction of shared prosperity is due to flawed economic policy over the past thirty years.

Feb 27, 2012

Thomas Palley

Getting Better: Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding—And How We Can Improve the World Even More

Book / In Depth

Getting Better: Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding—And How We Can Improve the World Even More

Getting Better reports the good news about global progress.

Mar 1, 2011

Charles Kenny

Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

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A Model for Associational Party Building

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

Workforce Pell: A State Playbook for Implementation

Virginia’s New Paid Leave Law Closes the Loop Between Implementation and Policy

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

Wired for Equity: Bridging the Disability Gap in Classrooms

The AI Agenda: Exploring the Trump Administration’s Approach to AI Literacy and Use

Unreasonable Women

The Shangri La Series – Workshop One: What is the Third Path for AI?

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A Tale of Two Pre-K Leaders: How State Policies for Center Directors and Principals Leading Pre-K Programs Differ, and Why They Shouldn’t

Don’t Use Kindergarten Readiness Assessments for Accountability

New America Creates Millennial Fellowship to Support Young Adults Engaging with Public Policy

Democracy Against Domination

Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States

Land of Promise

From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics

Getting Better: Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding—And How We Can Improve the World Even More