Federal Education Budget Project: Press

Duncan Looks Beyond Saving Jobs

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:34:00 -0500

'Funding Cliff' Looms Large for States | Education Week

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:46:00 -0500

... and salaries are inherently ongoing expenses,” said Jennifer S. Cohen, a policy analyst at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank. ...

'Funding Cliff' Looms Large for States | Education Week

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:13:00 -0400

... and salaries are inherently ongoing expenses,” said Jennifer S. Cohen, a policy analyst at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank. ...

Bright and Early | Voice of San Diego

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:38:00 -0400

This one is for the wonks: The New America Foundation dissects how federal funding for disadvantaged kids works. They've even got a nifty database. ...

New America Foundation Releases New Data on the Federal Education Budget Project Website

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:16:00 -0400

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP) today announced an expansion and update of its online database of federal funding, student demographic, and student achievement information (www.edbudgetproject.org). FEBP is the only centralized source of school district-level student achievement data available to the public, the media, and education policy makers.

A Bonus for Schools | Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:13:00 -0400

Jennifer Cohen, education policy analyst at the nonpartisan New America Foundation, said South Dakota's experience is unusual. ...

Obama's Real Reform | Rolling Stone

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:32:00 -0400

"The student-loan industry is as close as you can get to letting industry set their own subsidy rates," says Jason Delisle, a veteran Republican budget staffer who now directs the Federal Education Budget Project for the nonpartisan New America Foundation. "Congress was writing these subsides into law, and the lobbyists encourage them to make it as high as possible." ... Original Article

Today Student Loans, Tomorrow Health Care | National Review Online

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:13:00 -0400

... and pocket the difference all day,” says Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project at the New America Foundation. ...

The Geekdom of Crowds | Washington Monthly

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:43:00 -0400

"That's where the real breakdown happens," says Jennifer Cohen, a policy analyst with the New America Foundation's Education Policy Program. ...

Cut the Middleman Out of Student Lending, Report Says | Chronicle of Higher Education

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:15:00 -0400

... to administer bank-based student loans have evolved into inefficient middlemen that waste taxpayer money, the New America Foundation said today. ...

New America Releases In-Depth Report on Federal Student Loan Guaranty Agencies

Communications — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:54:00 -0400

WASHINGTON, DC--Today the New America Foundation's Education Policy Program released "Rethinking the Middleman: Federal Student Loan Guaranty Agencies," by Benjamin Miller. The policy paper provides an overview of the history and current responsibilities of guaranty

Financial Aid in Flux | Inside Higher Ed

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:06:00 -0400

The New America Foundation released its own report today that questions the need for student loan guarantee agencies but offers Congress, should it decide to sustain a role for them, ideas for how to adapt their role.

Education Data System Key to Additional Federal Stimulus Money | Atlanta Journal Constitution

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:33:00 -0400

But it’s likely the state’s plans will be enough, said Jennifer Cohen, a policy analyst with the Education Policy Program at the Washington-based nonprofit think tank New America Foundation. ...

Lenders' Last-Ditch Gambit | Inside Higher Ed

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:05:00 -0400

Analysts at the New America Foundation, which takes a generally skeptical view of the student loan industry and has editorialized in favor of the Obama plan, questioned some of the principles underlying the lenders' alternative proposal.

Stimulus Funds Bump Along | Maryland Gazette

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:18:00 -0400

"This is the sort of program, because it's brand new, people don't understand it or they're not talking about it," said Jennifer Cohen, a policy analyst for the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan Washington think tank. Original article

New America Releases "Equitable Resources in Low Income Schools"

Communications — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:33:00 -0400

Washington, DC -- Today the New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project releases "Equitable Resources in Low Income Schools: Teacher Equity and the Federal Title I Comparability Requirement," by former New America Foundation policy analyst Lindsey Luebchow. The new issue brief details shortcomings of the current Title I comparability provision and provides recommendations for how to improve it.

Microsoft, Amazon Offer Their Own Repositories for Government Data | Government Computer News

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:54:00 -0400

... hard drive when it's mounted to an EC2 instance, which is a virtual machine," said Eric Gundersen, president of Development Seed, which is using the TIGER data as part of a school district mapping project for the nonprofit New America Foundation. ...

Early Indications on State Use of Education Stimulus Funds | Inside Higher Ed

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:16:00 -0400

... already decided how to allocate the education funds they're receiving from the federal stimulus package are directing the bulk of the money to elementary and secondary education, according to an analysis of 13 states by the New America Foundation. ...

Stimulus Bounty Carries a Cost | Columbus Dispatch

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:57:00 -0400

"Charters will have less structure in place for that kind of work," said Jennifer Cohen, a policy analyst with the nonprofit New America Foundation, which is studying stimulus spending. Some stimulus money can be spent on overhead. ...

Education and the Budget: A Think Tank Offers Questions to Consider | Chronicle of Philanthropy

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:01:00 -0400

The New America Foundation, a Washington think tank, spent the day combing through the proposal and developed dozens of questions to consider. Has your organization developed a set of questions about how Mr. Obama's spending policies should be ...