Common Core and Higher Education: A View from the Trenches
Most attention to the Common Core State Standards has focused understandably on the continued political backlash against the standards
PreK–12 Education
‘Unaccompanied Children’ Crisis Has Implications for Education Budget
One thing is becoming clear: Immigration may not be the only policy affected by unaccompanied children.
Common Core Goes to College: Building Better Connections Between High School and Higher Education
Many of those within higher education were not involved in developing or endorsing the Common Core standards and assessments.
Head Start CARES: Boosting Social-Emotional Development
Large-scale pre-K programs can implement evidence-based strategies and improve social-emotional skills of pre-K students.
Using Digital Recording Devices to Encourage Talk with Children
Recent efforts to reduce the “word gap” between affluent and low-income families have garnered headlines and big bucks.
Storify: Moving Beyond Subprime Learning
Beyond Subprime Learning: Our Ideas for Accelerating Progress in Early Education
Our new report calls for policies that are aimed at improving the quality of interactions between teachers and children.
E-rate Reform: Making the Conversation (Wi-Fi) Accessible
Why shouldn’t public schools have Wi-Fi too?
The Case Against Exit Exams
Our report identifies alternative policy approaches to exit exams these states can use.