Policy/Advocacy

Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act. Proponents of this legislation say the bill will increase access to...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing, “Supporting Students and Schools: Promising Practices to Get Back on Track.” The hearing highlighted...

This week, the House Appropriations Committee unveiled their Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies (Labor-H). The...

Last night, the U.S. Senate passed the Safer Communities Act, a bipartisan compromise bill that is the result of negotiations triggered by the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX...

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a Maine law that prohibited parents from using local government vouchers to pay for primary and high schools that provide religious...

Late last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona spoke at the Bank Street College of Education in New York about how federal and state governments and educational institutions can improve...

This week, the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services issued a Dear Colleague Letter to fellow policymakers and administrators asking them to work together to provide high-quality...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) released a fact sheet exploring data from Section 618 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In this...

This week, the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Preparation (AACTE) released a report analyzing enrollment and completion trends in alternative...

This week, Secretary Cardona testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to discuss the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget...