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A New, Bipartisan Agenda for Raising Student Achievement

Authored byThomas Toch

This piece originally appeared in Washington Monthly. Amid Donald Trump’s campaign to dismantle the Department of Education, a recent report from one of its…

From the Field

Research Notes: Dual Enrollment’s Long-Term Impact on Student Earnings

Authored byTony Tao

Dual-credit programs allow high school students to earn college credits, potentially reducing the time and cost of earning a degree. But evidence on their long…

Commentary

Medicaid Cuts Would Put Students At Risk

Authored byThomas Toch

This piece originally appeared in The Hill. The nation’s schools, already reeling from plunging test scores and culture war controversies…

Commentary

The New Absenteeism: What Measuring Attendance Misses

Authored byColleen Keating-Crawford

The sharp rise in chronic student absenteeism in the wake of the pandemic has attracted national headlines, and rightly so. But research I’ve done with my…

Colleen Keating-Crawford

Colleen Keating-Crawford is a senior research and designer at Teach For America’s Reinvention Lab.

Explainer

Legislative Tracker: 2025 Student Chronic Absenteeism Bills in the States

Authored byBella DiMarco

State legislative activity on chronic absenteeism

Podcast

FutureU Podcast Ep. 189: Building an AI-Ready College

Generative AI is advancing at an unprecedented pace, compelling higher education institutions to rethink both what they teach and how they teach it.

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CONFERENCE: 2025 Every Hour Counts

May 14 2 day event

​The Every Hour Counts National Conference, themed \”Better Together: Lighting the Path Forward,\” unites youth development leaders, educators, policymakers…