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Every child in every community deserves access to the education and workforce training needed to achieve a future without limits. In this program at New America, we develop the ideas and communicate the policy changes needed to make it possible.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 15d
What if states could give all kids fairer access to school funding, just by drawing smarter maps?

↘️ The latest release from our Ed Funding Equity team shows how purposeful redistricting can boost fairness and diversity without moving kids or burdening budgets.
Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation
A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 17h
Last year, our #EarlyEd expert @carriegill.bsky.social explored how the show normalizes disabilities—and helps usher in a future where everyone is seen and celebrated.

🦝 Learn about Carl and his friends in this recent edition of The Thread, @newamerica.org's digital magazine.
Why Carl the Raccoon Gives Us Hope for a More Inclusive Future
Carl the Raccoon, a young autistic character from PBS Kids' Carl the Collector, shows us how disability inclusion in schools and society can build a brighter future.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 17h
Have you met @pbs.org's first openly disabled main character?? He's a scrappy cartoon raccoon!

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Carl the Collector isn’t just a cutie on TV—he's sparking important conversations about how we can all create more inclusive classrooms and communities for kids of all kinds.
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Disability Scoop @disabilityscoop.bsky.social · 3d
A groundbreaking children's television show is set to introduce a new character who is largely non-speaking and communicates with the help of a special speech tablet. #disabilities #autism #PBSKids #AAC
PBS Kids Show To Feature Character Who Uses Communication Device
A groundbreaking children's television show is set to introduce a new character who is largely non-speaking and communicates with the help of a special speech tablet.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d
NEW: Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools.

It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 1d
FYI: ☝🏽 in 🖐🏽 #college students is also a parent—but many have to choose between class and #ChildCare.

Our new policy agenda sketches out how states and institutions can fix that. Dive in below!
Policy Agenda: Improving Child Care Access for Parenting Students
This policy agenda outlines federal and state strategies to strengthen support for student parents and advance a more accessible child care.
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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 2d
“Suppressing speech about gender does not eliminate “gender ideology”—it is gender ideology, one that seeks to entrench a singular, restrictive vision of gender while denying the very real plurality of human experience.“

read @morganpolk.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/the-thread/t...
Texas A&M Firing Over Gender Identity Raises Alarms in Higher Education
Texas colleges are firing educators as federal and state bans target recognition of trans and nonbinary people. Higher ed is under attack.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 3d
Join us and partners from the @cooneycenter.bsky.social and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading for this powerful conversation about the challenges innovators and #educators face in today’s shifting #literacy landscape.

🍂 October 27
🕝 2:30 PM ET
📍 Hybrid (D.C. + livestream)
Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI
Join us to reflect on the past decade & the challenges innovators and educators face in today’s shifting literacy education landscape.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 3d
In today’s world of screens and #AI, what does it take to ensure that every child can learn to read—and love it?

🔌 Later this month, our digital learning experts will bring together researchers and leaders from media and #EdTech to map out equitable, learner-centered policies for the future.
Two young children hold books and a tablet in a promotion for an upcoming event on October 27 at 2:30pm ET at New America called, "Growing Readers in the World of Screens and AI"
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 7d
30 years without a real raise: New York's early intervention pay crisis
30 Years Without a Real Raise: New York’s Early Intervention Pay Crisis
New York’s early intervention providers haven’t seen a substantive raise in three decades — and vulnerable young children are losing out.
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New America @newamerica.org · 3d
Upcoming #NewAmericaevents:

📅 10/15 Bridging the Gaps in Disability Policy - DC/Hybrid

📅 10/16 The Best of Second City: America's Big Beautiful Birthday - Chicago

📅 10/16 Power Switch: Power, People, and the Energy Transition - Virtual

https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5
Promotional poster for the event titled 'Bridging the Gaps in Disability Policy' on October 15 in Washington DC, featuring four people seated in a modern office environment. Hosted by New America with event details and web link at the bottom. Promotional poster for "The Best of The Second City: America's Big Beautiful Birthday" event on October 15, located at UP Comedy Club, Chicago, IL, from 8–10 PM. The graphics include retro-styled fonts on a dark background. Promotional image for the 'Power Switch: Power, People, and the Energy Transition' online event by New America on October 16, from 12 PM to 12:45 PM ET. The graphic features a hand holding a large crystal over a background of small stones, with event details below in bold text.
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The Century Foundation @tcfdotorg.bsky.social · 3d
America’s child care crisis isn’t a problem that will go away on its own. Instead of solutions, Trump and Congressional Republicans passed a megabill with child care tax updates too small to fundamentally change how families are experiencing the child care crisis.

Learn more: go.tcf.org/crisis
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Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop @cooneycenter.bsky.social · 4d
You are invited to our October 27th event: Growing Readers in a World of Screens and AI, presented in partnership with @newamerica.org and The Campaign for Grade Level Reading- join us live in DC or online. Learn more and register: bit.ly/46L84MC #literacy #scienceofreading #AI
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 4d
"Washington imagined a university to form citizens bound by a shared devotion to preserving democratic principles.

Trump’s plan imagines a network to train America in a conservative image."
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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 4d
Now published @newamerica.org: newamerica.org/education-po...
A New Raw Deal: The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” turns a manifesto of conservative grievances into policy and violates the very principles it claims to protect.
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Sarah Carr @sarahelizcarr.bsky.social · 4d
My latest: Why early interventionists -- who provide critical therapies and care for developmentally disabled babies and toddlers -- may be the only professionals in America who haven't gotten an absolute pay raise in 30 years: www.the74million.org/zero2eight/3...
30 Years Without a Real Raise: New York’s Early Intervention Pay Crisis
New York’s early intervention providers haven’t seen a substantive raise in three decades — and vulnerable young children are losing out.
www.the74million.org
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 4d
In 2023, we launched a special project to research #ChildCare access at for #CommunityCollege students with children.

📑 Now, we’re reporting that the most successful colleges used a mix of on-campus care, drop-in services, and off-campus partnerships. Read more about these “promising strategies.”
Supporting Parenting Students: Recommendations for Colleges Addressing Child Care Barriers
This report outlines research findings and shares recommendations for how colleges can support parenting students with child their care needs.
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The 51st @51st.news · 7d
Some 200 teachers who took jobs with DCPS under the expectation that the school system would sponsor a green card are now facing uncertain futures.

Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds for the program, DCPS says it won’t spend the money, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
DCPS promised them green cards. Now, these international teachers have nowhere to turn.
More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 5d
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Brookings Institution @brookings.edu · 5d
Universal school choice programs are expanding—but who benefits most?

Analisa Pines, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino examine six states and find that without income-based restrictions, these programs disproportionately benefit wealthy families.
Universal school choice programs mostly benefit the wealthy unless policymakers act to prevent it | Brookings
Authors analyze six states’ universal school choice programs, showing how income rules shape who benefits most.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 5d
Donald Trump is offering nine universities funding if they sign a compact that’s a “complete adoption of the MAGA high-education agenda,” Kevin Carey writes. The document is “shot through with the tensions that mark Trumpism in its latest form”:
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
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Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 7d
Moving CTE programs to the Labor Department could better align them with employers’ needs. But critics fear it could steer students toward short-term job training with limited opportunities.
Trump is shaking up career-technical education. Will students benefit or pay the price?
Moving CTE programs to the Labor Department could better align them with employers’ needs. But critics fear it could steer students toward short-term job training with limited opportunities.
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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 6d
“The administration is inviting universities to voluntarily put on a yoke and hand it the keys.“

From @kevincarey1.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
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Shalin Jyotishi @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social · 6d
I'm hiring at @newamerica.org! Are you a savvy project manager or technical assistance pro? Want to help build the capacity of #communitycolleges to deliver #workforce strategies for #emergingtech sectors?

Join us! Priority deadline: Oct 17 newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/Icvr6G...
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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 6d
I wrote about Trump’s new higher education “compact” for @theatlantic.com. It’s bad!

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A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 7d
ICYMI: Our Ed Funding Equity team recently urged states to rethink school district boundaries. They also released a special mapping tool to help state leaders redraw them.

💡 Explore both to learn how this effort can create more integrated, better-resourced school systems in your state.
Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation
A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 9d
What the Government Shutdown Could Mean for Higher Ed

Colleges and universities likely won’t face immediate issues, but research may be disrupted as grants pause. https://bit.ly/4nuRxmW

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 8d
Over the past two decades, the #EnglishLearner student population has grown in size, diversified by language and race, and changed greatly in geography.

🗣️ Here, our #PreK12 policy team examines state-level enrollment data and charts these shifts across the country.
English Learner Changes Over the Last 20 Years
ELs’ location, enrollment, linguistic diversity, and racial composition has shifted over time.
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Education and Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 8d
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Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social · 8d
There’s still time to register!

Join Urban on 10/9 at 12:30 p.m. ET for a hybrid event on how #data can drive success for parenting #students. Hear insights from the Data-to-Action Campaign + connect with college leaders. #LiveatUrban
Lessons on Collecting Data and Driving Change to Support Student Parent Success
The Data-to-Action Campaign for Parenting Students has generated new insights into how to identify parenting students and advance their success. The Urban In…
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