New America – Education Policy Program

This year’s “high(est) stakes” election will shape what students are taught, where they go to school, how they pay for college, and whether they can get a good job. 🚨🍎🚨 To contextualize candidate agendas and party priorities, we're spotlighting likely outcomes for America’s learners, teachers, and workers... whichever way the ballots are cast in November. How might the results reconfigure federal funding for #EarlyEd and #K12? Will they promote #college affordability—or further dry up access to #HigherEd? And is there common ground within the #EdTech and #YouthApprenticeship sectors? 💼🏫💼 Browse this important NEW BRIEF for an honest analysis as presented by policy experts from across our #education and #workforce teams. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eqMx5ujp

📌 JUST RELEASED: Do Americans still value a #college degree? How have attitudes changed in the last 8️⃣ years? How do views compare among (D)s and (R)s? Our latest edition of the #VaryingDegrees report—and UPDATED interactive #DataTool—provide these insights and more. The annual and nationally-representative survey includes answers to new questions this year about college affordability and how #education after high school should be funded. Per research and analysis conducted by our #HigherEd experts, Sophie Nguyen, Rachel Fishman, and Olivia Cheche, most Americans: 💸 … agree that cost is the biggest barrier to enrollment for most. 📢 … would like to see the candidates address college affordability. 👀 … want greater transparency on key indicators of education quality. To go beyond our top-line data findings and explore trends in perceptions of postsecondary value, read the full report that presents all eight years of #DataCollection below. 🎓🔗🎓 https://lnkd.in/gXBbpDmV And join our policy team next week to get the (scoop) yourself when we officially launch these new data findings with a summer ice cream party! 📍 New America's DC Offices 📆 Wed, 8/07 🕒 3pm, ET 🍦 https://lnkd.in/gEcAKgp9

Public support of higher education is declining. Can it be restored? Join us on August 7th @ 3p ET for the inside scoop on New America – Education Policy Program’s eighth annual survey of higher education, Varying Degrees. 🎓 The event is in-person only. Ice cream will be served after the panel discussion. https://lnkd.in/ef9YQ933

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Evidence shows that Early Intervention (EI) works – these services can radically improve long-term development for the infants and toddlers who have a medical condition or diagnosis that makes them at substantial risk for a developmental delay and disability. However, our current EI system is overwhelmed and underfunded. Data shows that we are under-serving eligible infants and toddlers, especially for babies under 1-year-old. Thousands of eligible babies under 1 aren’t getting these critical services. Nationally and in Illinois only about 1% of babies under 1 are getting EI. Start Early’s Karen Berman sat down with New America to discuss the unique challenges for babies under age one and their families in accessing EI services https://lnkd.in/givw7PUu

By design—and through use of the powerful enrollment management industry—colleges are "leaving low-income students with large funding gaps to get the students they want most." 🎓 💰 🎓 And for many years, our policy expert and team advisor, Stephen Burd, researched how this industry steered students and their families to take out wildly large loans, further limiting opportunity and affordability in #HigherEd for those who need it most. Now, he's warning of a resulting subprime loan crisis, if proper federal action is not taken. 🚨 📖 🚨 Consult Chapter 8 of "𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒆𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕" for his insights into the (absurdly aggressive) #FinancialAid leveraging strategies that "push colleges to use more and more of their institutional aid to offer the most generous tuition discounts to the wealthiest applicants to help them raise their prestige and improve their bottom line." Find out how we avoid this "looming disaster" and expose the shady operation responsible in this new book edited by Stephen himself. ➡️ This "must-read" is available here for purchase: https://lnkd.in/etqQeGrm ➡️ And summarized here in a recent blog: https://lnkd.in/e3qnfvVU

Take a look at the website my PAYA colleagues and I built to showcase youth apprentice success, advocacy, and leadership. Let me know what you think and feel free to share. Thank you to everyone at New America for y’all’s support and guidance. I am excited to continue to push this initiative forward and continue advocating for the advancement of youth apprenticeship. Lancy Downs Jazmine Lewis DeJuan Patterson, MPA

A newly released paper from Educating All Learners Alliance and New America shares principles and actionable steps for #policymakers at all levels who are responsible for shaping #education policy in the age of #AI. These insights were made possible by the diverse perspectives and expertise of educators, school administrators, parents, disability rights advocates, researchers, government, industry, and privacy experts, including our very own Erin Stark. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/eqxv9JfG

So great to partner with New America and Carrie Gillispie to explore why, as a nation, we are leaving so many babies under 1 without critical Early Intervention (Part C) services and how we can improve our state systems to make sure we don’t leave these babies behind. Start Early Zareen Kamal #babiescantwait #ineedei #raisingillinois #earlyintervention

NEW 🗣️ We’ve just added even more amazing speakers to the lineup for #StudentSuccessUS 2024! Join Times Higher Education Events and Inside Higher Ed on October 28-30th at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for three days of engaging panel discussions, workshops and networking sessions with:    🔹 Edward Conroy, New America – Education Policy Program 🔸 Connie Horton, Pepperdine University  🔹 Noah Leavitt, Whitman College  🔸 Tim Morenz, Blackburn College  🔹 Harry L. Titus, Jr., Ed.D., Lenoir-Rhyne University  🔸 Webster Linwood, UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing 🔹 Dr. Kamilah L. Williams, Ed.D., IDI, Illinois Central College and more! 💡 Learn about the speakers: 🔗 https://bit.ly/3SryIn9 📅 View the agenda: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4cVKe2A 🎟️ Grab your super early bird tickets before August 23rd and get 20% off for groups of 3+ with code GROUP: 🔗 https://bit.ly/3YkjiEY