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What Parents Want: The 2024-25 LSX Focus Fellows’ Video Story
In this video story, the LSX Focus Fellows describe the unique tools they designed to deepen family engagement in three elementary schools.
Don’t Stop at Earnings: Why Congressional Republicans Must Tackle Student Debt in Reconciliation
Including a debt metric would help stop high-cost, low-value programs and protect the integrity of the federal student aid programs.
Ousted from Opportunity: Eviction’s Adverse Impact on Parenting College Students
New America partnered with the Eviction Lab to understand how eviction affects parents who are attending college while caring for children.
We Need More Data on Parenting Students. The Bipartisan Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act Will Help.
Lawmakers have reintroduced the Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act, a bill that would support parenting student data
Beyond Tuition: Funding for Campus Based Child Care for Student Parents
Colleges struggle to financially support child care for student parents, but there are options for funding them via braiding various funding
Outsourcing Accreditor Oversight to States: A Bad Idea in the Making
Letting states approve accreditors puts students and taxpayers at risk.
Parenting Students at For-Profits Face the Highest Rates of Homelessness
Parenting students at for-profit colleges face higher homelessness rates than peers at public and nonprofit schools with more support.
We Need More Bottom-Up Efforts to Build Workforce Capacity at Community Colleges
Shalin Jyotishi pens an op-ed in Work Shift discussing ways that bottom-up capacity building can strengthen community colleges.
How are States Leveraging Micro-Credentials to Improve the Teacher Workforce?
Explore how and why states’ use of micro-credentials for teachers is growing, along with cautions and recommendations for policymakers.
In the Guise of Improving Coordination, Vocational Education Returns
Congressional leaders fighting to keep CTE and adult education programs at the Department of Education need our support.
More Guardrails, Fewer Loopholes:
As the reconciliation process moves forward, policymakers can strengthen accountability and loan repayment provisions in key ways.
Public Comment on the Secretary of Education’s Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions on Evidence-Based Literacy, Education Choice, and Returning Education to the States
New America's PreK-12 team submitted comments in response to the Secretary of Education's Proposed Priorities and Definitions.
The Avonworth BRIDGE Builders
The LSX Fellows developed a program to support families who transition to Avonworth Primary Center in the middle of the school year.