Policy Papers
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Key Questions: Education Policy in the President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget
New AmericaPresident Barack Obama submitted his fiscal year 2015 budget request to Congress on March 4, 2014. The proposal, which includes $1.014 trillion in ... -
Connected Communities in an Age of Digital Learning
The need to upgrade America’s Internet infrastructure to support innovative digital learning tools and services has never been greater. In the past... -
Raising Arizona: Lessons for the Nation from a State’s Experience with Full-Day Kindergarten
CJ LibassiThough recently much attention has been given to the importance of early childhood education, one stubborn shortcoming of education in the early gr... -
The Student Debt Review
Student debt is not a new concern. But it is a complex story, the details of which vary greatly depending on the type of college a student attends,... -
Federal Education Budget Update
Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations
Congress completed the fiscal year 2014 appropriations process on January 17, 2014, finalizing annual funding for Department of Education programs ... -
Subprime Learning
Early Education in America since the Great Recession
Five years ago, the United States was in the thick of the Great Recession, coping with a stock market crash and loss of jobs that would send afters... -
The Parent Trap
Early Education in America since the Great Recession
In fall 2011, the U.S. Department of Education quietly tightened the credit check criteria for Parent PLUS loans, a federal program that provides l... -
It's All Relative
How NCLB Waivers Did—and Did Not—Transform School Accountability
After years of arguing against No Child Left Behind (NCLB), over forty states are now taking a different approach to improving their low-performing... -
Improving Gainful Employment
Suggestions for Better Accountability
President Barack Obama took to the Northeast in late August to unveil a new plan for college affordability. Standing before raucous crowds at sever...