Beyond Screen Time: A Digital Age Architecture for Early Education
Research has shown young children can benefit from screen media when those media are designed to be understood by young children.
Doing Right by Dual Language Learners in New York City’s Pre-K Expansion
The de Blasio administration deserves credit for including an extra emphasis on dual language learners as part of its progress reports.
Future Tense Initiative & Tsinghua University Launch New U.S.-China Green Electronics Competition
The Future Tense initiative – a partnership of New America, Arizona State University, and Slate magazine – is pleased to announce the launch
Program Integrity Negotiated Rulemaking Session 2, Day 1
Today begins the second negotiated rulemaking session around Program Integrity at the U.S. Department of Education.
Correction: Graduate Student Loan Disbursements Are 34%
More up-to-date disbursement information show that the figure is 34 percent, not 40 percent.
Guest Blog Post: Assets Beget Assets
Envisioning a policy to combat a crucial challenge facing our nation: making the American dream live again.
New Atlantic Column on Charter Schools
I wrote a column last week for the Atlantic that takes a stab at framing the charter school conversation differently.
The Graduate Student Debt Review
Policymakers and news media should shift their understanding of student debt as primarily an undergraduate problem.
Transatlantic Solutions to Government Surveillance
Last year, revelations about the National Security Agency’s digital surveillance created a breach of trust between the United States and clo
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US Government Authorizes American Companies to Offer Online Courses in Iran
Beware the D.C. Internship
Don't take that prestigious, government or nonprofit D.C. internship—unless it's paid.
Controlling Surveillance: Export Controls as a Tool for Internet Freedom
“A retail market for surveillance tools has sprung up from ‘nearly zero’ in 2001 to about $5 billion a year”, the Wall Street Journal report
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