Making High Expectations Universal
Common Core is a divisive issue in education; however, the need for greater teacher expectations for all students is undeniable.
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State Lawmakers Increasingly Realizing the Importance of Early Care and Education
“Let’s do what works and make sure none of our children start the race of life behind. Let’s give our kids that chance!”
College Completion Is the Best Default Aversion
More than 60 percent of borrowers in default on their federal student loans never completed a degree.
Reaching the Most Vulnerable Children: A Look at Child Homelessness
The statistics on child homelessness in the United States are nothing short of alarming.
Can We Find A Truce in the Teacher Wars?
Dana Goldstein explains how many of the teacher quality debates behind today’s headlines have actually been recurring for centuries.
The College Graduation Rate Flaw That No One’s Talking About
Any discussion of federal graduation rates for colleges will immediately spark a laundry list of concerns about their validity.
States Working to Reduce Pre-K Suspensions
The data show that pre-K students of color are being suspended and expelled at a much higher rate.
New TPM Column on the Next Phase of Education Reform
There's plenty to fix in the educational system. But that can't be all that education reform does.
President Obama Announces Pre-K Goal–But Is it Attainable?
President Obama announced a mission to improve the workforce by providing high-quality pre-K to 6 million children by 2020.
For Third Time, APSCU Fails to Get Courts to Strike Down Incentive Compensation Rule
But that is not stopping the for-profit college lobbying group from continuing to call on the Ed Department to stop enforcing the rule.
When Higher Ed Doesn’t Deliver: A Case Study of Medical-Assistant Programs
Medical-assistant programs often produce graduates with few well-paying job prospects and significant amounts of student debt.
Reclassification Rules for Dual Language Learners Matter
A new report finds enormous variety in how states are serving dual language learners.
A Snapshot of Kids’ Language and Literacy Apps (Part 2)
New America and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center are analyzing the marketplace of apps that say they help children learn to read and communicate.
Rethinking the Focus on District Leadership
The Broad Foundation’s decision to accept just two finalists and to then split the award between them spawned confusion and dissent.
Was There a Student Loan Crisis in 2006?
What happens if you put the federal student loan portfolio of 2006 side-by-side with the portfolio today?