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In the Rush to Improve Early Education, Don’t Forget About Teachers
Internet Society’s Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2018
Chris Ritzo reflected on his participation in the second annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit hosted by the Internet Society.
Out Today: Three Reforms for Improving Teaching and Caregiving in Louisiana
Many of the Louisiana Department of Education’s recent/current reforms are focused on the state’s youngest learners.
Using local data to help those with addictions
“We have someone we are trying to keep off the map.”
Newly Elected Governors Make Early Education A Priority
Many governors-elect campaigned on promises to expand access and increase funding to early care and education programs
Are ECE Degree Programs Preparing Teachers to Work with DLLs?
A new study examines whether early childhood education teachers are being adequately prepared to work with dual language learners.
A Twisting Path towards a Better Life: The Experience of Caregiver Students
There are very few things more difficult than keeping or maintaining a work-life balance while having kids and attending college.
Caregivers in Higher Education
Over the coming months, New America will explore how better to support student caregivers and their families through higher education.
Emergency Preparedness for Prisons Isn’t Just Sandbags and Non-perishables
By changing laws after Hurricane Katrina so that fewer people end up in jail, New Orleans did something arguably better than evacuating.
How Far Has Germany Actually Moved to the Right?
The AfD's success rests not on a rightward shift—but on boosting turnout among non-voters once reluctant to express racist views publicly.
Texas’ Border Lawmakers Say They’re in the Dark on Troop Deployment
Border lawmakers say that they haven't been given details about the estimated 5,200-troop deployment on the U.S.-Mexico border.
That Beautiful Barbed Wire
The concertina wire Trump loves at the border has a long, troubling legacy in the West.
What We Should Take Away From the Midterms
New America's Political Reform team discusses the ways, big and small, that this week's elections reflect important trends in U.S. politics.
FPR at the Internet Identity Workshop
Five Takeaways From Our Time at the Identity Trading Post.