On Monday, June 8, the New America Foundation's Federal
Education Budget Project released "Equitable
Resources in Low Income Schools: Teacher Equity and the Federal Title I
Comparability Requirement" at an event on Capitol Hill. This event
featured representatives from the White House, Representative George Miller's
committee staff, and the National Education Association to discuss teacher
equity and the comparability requirement in the law.
On Tuesday, March 31, the New America Foundation's Education Policy Program hosted "The Future of Federal Student Loans." This event featured representatives from the Obama administration, the student loan community, and New America's Education Policy Program to discuss the pros and cons of the President's proposal to stop guaranteeing federal student loans and to instead make the loans directly.
Data show that children who are born in poverty to young,
poorly educated parents have much lower chances of succeeding in school,
college, and the workforce than their less-disadvantaged peers. They are also
at greater risk for a host of negative outcomes, including poor academic
performance, being held back a grade, dropping out of high school, being
unemployed, and participating in criminal activity.
Funding is always a central issue in education policy debates, and education funding is often a bone of contention in federal budget and appropriations battles. Yet many of the people who are most affected by federal education budget decisions are unaware of how those decisions are made or where the money goes. On June 12 the New America Foundation launched the Federal Education Budget Project to lift the veil from the federal education budget process and provide policymakers, journalists, educators,… more
The White House and Congress are engaged in a major budget debate that threatens a government shutdown and could markedly influence federal education funding. Congressional Democrats have proposed significant increases in education spending for Fiscal Year 2008, while the President has proposed to cut Education Department funding and threatened to veto relevant spending bills.
The panelists at this New America event discussed the current budget debate and its implications for federal education funding; lessons from past budget… more
The recent turnover in Congress, combined with a wide open presidential election cycle, creates a rare opportunity to bring new ideas into the political process. The spirit of this new era will be captured by those -- from either party or no party -- who embrace innovative yet pragmatic solutions to the foremost challenges facing our nation.
At this event, the New America Foundation released a major new report outlining Ten Big Ideas for a New America, and… more
Within the next two weeks, the U.S. Department of Education’s Inspector General is expected to release an audit of the Nelnet Corporation, a major student loan provider, recommending that it be ordered to repay hundreds millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidy payments to the U.S. Treasury and halt additional, future subsidy billings estimated to exceed $1.3 billion.
At issue are subsidy payments guaranteeing Nelnet and other student loan companies a 9.5 percent rate of return for student loans originally… more
