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Rethinking Credential Requirements in Early Education: Equity-based Strategies for Professionalizing a Vulnerable Workforce

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Rethinking Credential Requirements in Early Education: Equity-based Strategies for Professionalizing a Vulnerable Workforce

What if we could increase early childhood educators’ skills—and improve their job quality—without requiring them to pay for a degree?

Jun 29, 2017

Mary Alice McCarthy

Deciphering the European Encryption Debate: United Kingdom

Transatlantic Encryption: United Kingdom

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Deciphering the European Encryption Debate: United Kingdom

This paper, the first of a four-part series, assesses the state of the encryption debate in the United Kingdom.

Jun 28, 2017

Andi Wilson Thompson, Ross Schulman, Kevin Bankston, Bhairav Acharya

From Frenzied to Focused

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From Frenzied to Focused

How can school systems make principals’ roles more manageable while also ensuring that teachers are receiving the support they need?

Jun 28, 2017

Melissa Tooley

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: The Need for Specialized Teacher Licenses in the Early Grades

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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: The Need for Specialized Teacher Licenses in the Early Grades

In too many cases, the needs of the bureaucracy win out over children’s developmental needs.

Jun 27, 2017

Natalie Orenstein, Laura Bornfreund, Sarah Jackson

Recipe for Success: What State Lawmakers Need to Know �鶹��ý K–12 Accountability Assessments

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Recipe for Success: What State Lawmakers Need to Know �鶹��ý K–12 Accountability Assessments

With new responsibility comes the need to deeply understand an inherently complex issue—educational assessment.

Jun 22, 2017

Abigail Swisher

In the Interest of Few: The Regressive Benefits of Federal Student Loan Refinancing

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In the Interest of Few: The Regressive Benefits of Federal Student Loan Refinancing

If implemented, a federal student loan refinancing plan could cost taxpayers $58 billion, yet save the average household just $8 per month.

Jun 20, 2017

Kim Dancy, Alexander Holt

Paid Family Leave: How Much Time Is Enough?

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Paid Family Leave: How Much Time Is Enough?

Why job-protected family leave is good for health and business–and why current leave polices are just not good enough.

Jun 16, 2017

Jonathan Moyer, Brigid Schulte, Alieza Durana, Brian Stout

Ensuring a Future for Detecting Internet Disruptions: A Field Survey of the Ecosystem Around Internet Censorship, Disruptions, and Shutdowns

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Ensuring a Future for Detecting Internet Disruptions: A Field Survey of the Ecosystem Around Internet Censorship, Disruptions, and Shutdowns

This report provides an overview on the state of the internet measurement community and explores ways to share internet measurement data.

Jun 15, 2017

Political Divisions in 2016 and Beyond

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Political Divisions in 2016 and Beyond

This paper investigates political conflict both between and within the two political parties, and why this may lead to party realignment.

Jun 12, 2017

Lee Drutman

From Online Testing to Online Learning: Lessons from Virginia, Alexandria City Public Schools, and the Classroom

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From Online Testing to Online Learning: Lessons from Virginia, Alexandria City Public Schools, and the Classroom

State-mandated online assessment may just be the push that finally brings every public school online.

Jun 6, 2017

Lindsey Tepe

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Rethinking Credential Requirements in Early Education: Equity-based Strategies for Professionalizing a Vulnerable Workforce

Deciphering the European Encryption Debate: United Kingdom

From Frenzied to Focused

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: The Need for Specialized Teacher Licenses in the Early Grades

Recipe for Success: What State Lawmakers Need to Know �鶹������ý K–12 Accountability Assessments

In the Interest of Few: The Regressive Benefits of Federal Student Loan Refinancing

Paid Family Leave: How Much Time Is Enough?

Ensuring a Future for Detecting Internet Disruptions: A Field Survey of the Ecosystem Around Internet Censorship, Disruptions, and Shutdowns

Political Divisions in 2016 and Beyond

From Online Testing to Online Learning: Lessons from Virginia, Alexandria City Public Schools, and the Classroom

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Recipe for Success: What State Lawmakers Need to Know �鶹��ý K–12 Accountability Assessments