Policy Papers
- policy paper | February 06, 2015 | Education Policy
Better Policies for Dual Language Learners
Bridging Research, Policy, Implementation, and Classroom Practice
Better Policies for Dual Language Learners: Bridging Research, Policy, Implementation, and Classroom Practice, summarizes presentations from the co... - policy paper | January 21, 2015 | Education Policy
Myths & Misunderstandings
The Undeserved Legacy of Year-Round Pell Grants
Ben Miller Jason DeliseThe year-round Pell Grant was a widely misunderstood federal program. Despite existing for just a few short years, it has garnered a reputation as ... -
After Winning, Then What?
An Inside Look at Four Winners of Federal Early Education Grant Competitions
Paul Nyhan with introduction by Abbie LiebermanOver the last six years competitive grants have played a large role in triggering changes in the early education space, which has been a growing pr... -
The Case for Payroll Withholding
Preventing Student Loan Defaults with Automatic Income-Based Repayment
A new paper, The Case for Payroll Withholding, co-authored by New America, Young Invincibles, and the National Association of Student Financial Aid... -
Putting Learning on the Map: Visualizing Opportunity in 21st Century Communities
Visualizing Opporunity in 21st Century Communities
Rising income inequality has been the subject of heated debate in 2014, and education is often proffered as a remedy. But do all American learners ... -
Financing Dual Language Learning
Clare McCann Jessica BowenDual language learners make up a sizeable—and growing—portion of the student population, particularly in some states and school districts with larg... -
Skills for Success
Supporting and Assessing Key Habits, Mindsets, and Skills in PreK-12
It is widely acknowledged that parents and communities can play an important role in helping children and adolescents develop habits, mindsets, and... -
Beyond the Skills Gap
In survey after survey over the last decade employers have complained of the difficulty finding workers with the right mix of skills. As a result, ... -
Chaos for Dual Language Learners
Recent data suggest that American schools are more linguistically diverse now than ever before: In 2011, nearly 22 percent of American PreK–12 stud... -
Undermining Pell
Fifty years ago, the federal government committed itself to removing the financial barriers that prevent low-income students from enrolling in and ... -
Making the Hours Count
With growing public interest in how states and localities provide access to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, policymakers are increasingly being ... -
Zero Marginal Cost
The New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program today released a new higher education policy brief, “Zero Marginal Cost,” investigating the c... -
Common Core Goes To College
Each year, hundreds of thousands of American students graduate from high school and enter college without being adequately prepared to succeed ther... -
Beyond Subprime Learning
Education policymakers must put more focus on teaching and learning in the early years and continue that work up through third grade, according to ... -
The Case Against Exit Exams
In the 2013-14 school year, twenty-four states required students to be proficient on standardized tests in order to graduate from high school. But ... -
Building a New AAU
Criteria used to select members of America’s most influential higher education organization are encouraging colleges to adopt policies of exclusion... -
Federal Funding for Students with Disabilities
The Evolution of Federal Special Education Finance in the U.S.
In Federal Funding for Students with Disabilities: The Evolution of Federal Special Education Finance in the U.S., New America provides a history o... -
Building an AOTC Movement
Strengthening Outreach for a Reformed American Opportunity Tax Credit
Today, too many families fail to claim higher education tax benefits for which they are eligible. For example, a Government Accountability Office (... -
Envisioning a Digital Age Architecture for Early Education
The young children of today will soon grow into the middle-schoolers of the next decade, the high school graduates of the late 2020s, and the citiz... -
The Graduate Student Debt Review
New America analysis of recently available Department of Education data reveals that much of America’s student debt problem may be a result of expe... -
Time to Improve
How Federal Policy Can Promote Better Prepared Teachers and School Leaders
While educator preparation has always been important, it is now more important than ever. Currently, there are more first year teachers in the Unit... -
College Blackout
How the Higher Education Lobby Fought to Keep Students in the Dark
Ever-rising college costs, more than $1 trillion in outstanding federal student loan debt, and graduates doubtful that they’ll be able to earn enou...