Tag: education policy

January 29, 2024

Tennessee’s education system must do more to help minority and economically disadvantaged students earn postsecondary degrees in order to meet the state’s workforce needs, a report by an education policy and advocacy organization warned. The State Collaborative on Reforming Education’s […]

August 21, 2023

The legislative proposal likely has no chance of passing politically divided Congress, but it does signal some Republicans’ position on the Education Department. The rightwing has argued the federal government should play a minimal role in education policy and accused […]

June 1, 2022

The current success of anti-transgender legislation comes as the U.S. Department of Education continues to postpone the release of new draft Title IX regulations, which are expected to include protections for LGBTQ students. After originally moving up its proposed regulations […]

May 9, 2022

Parents and educators agree that a key goal of K-12 education is to ensure that students are “future-ready”—with the knowledge, skills, and drive to navigate their careers and lives. Americans look to the education system to equip young people to […]

November 19, 2019

A new report from New America recommends a wide range of changes to higher education’s regulatory triad, the three primary types of regulators for the industry: accreditors, state agencies and the U.S. Department of Education. These regulatory bodies are failing […]

March 6, 2019

During the past few weeks, legislators in multiple states have proposed and debated curriculum-related measures. Here’s a list of the most notable bills, listed by topic, along with their most recent updates: Sex education A Utah bill that would clarify […]

February 11, 2019

Between ensuring more young children have school readiness skills and raising high school graduation rates, the middle school years are often overlooked in the push to improve education policy and practices. Nancy L. Deutsch, who directs Youth-Nex at the University […]

January 3, 2019

2018 was a big year for education policy. The midterm elections brought a new wave of educators into public office, all states’ ESSA accountability systems were approved, a federal school safety commission formed and released its final recommendations, and Sen. […]

April 11, 2017

It’s a busy–and tumultuous–time in Washington. With daily developments in the U.S. Education Department, it’s often difficult to keep pace with new education policy recommendations, staff updates, and news. We’re here to help. Here are 7 developments, discussions, and education policy […]