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February 7, 2024
The Past and Future of Education Reform
…and technical, and given that everyone agreed that taxpayers needed to be protected, Republican lawmakers gave the executive branch immense discretion to set repayment terms. (This turned out to be…
January 30, 2024
Democrats in the House Have a New (Old) Plan for Higher Education
Lately, it’s been Republican lawmakers who have been at the table and offering up comprehensive reform for higher education policy, but this week House Democrats got back in the game. Today, they…
January 24, 2024
It’s National School Choice Week. Democrats: What Do You Think?
…alongside Marcus Brandon, executive director of CarolinaCAN and two-term state representative in North Carolina. Opposed to the motion are Graig Meyer, current North Carolina state senator, and Bethany Little, former education advisor to…
January 19, 2024
The Case for Curriculum
Since A Nation at Risk, Education Reform Efforts Have Mostly Stopped at the Classroom Door Executive Summary Decades of education reform have left policymakers, educators, and students alike fatigued and unimpressed….
January 19, 2024
Ninety Percent Student Attendance Won’t Solve Chronic Absenteeism
…on the absenteeism problem. However, the seemingly rosy 90 percent figure should not allow educators, parents, journalists, or policymakers to take their eyes off of the ball. Cardona was right…
January 11, 2024
Biden’s Dismantling of Federal Student Loan Programs Has Inspired Republicans to Go Big
House Republicans released a new legislative package today aimed at bringing down the cost of college, holding universities accountable for the value of their diplomas, and reforming our broken federal…
December 8, 2023
A Framework for Reforming Federal Graduate Student Aid Policy
…for institutions, accreditors, researchers, and policymakers to drive understanding about program outcomes and inform policies related to graduate programs. Policy must, at a minimum, ensure data are reported on a…
December 8, 2023
Graduate Student Lending in Desperate Need of Reform
…through the Biden administration’s recent expansion of student loan repayment programs. While lawmakers and the media are focused on student debt, broadly, I would encourage a heightened focus on the issue of…
October 26, 2023
New Report Sheds Light on Expansive Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme
…many students to take on student debt, policymakers must ensure the program is administered in an efficient and fair manner.” Expanded eligibility for aid must be accompanied by new constraints…
October 20, 2023
Value Needs to be the Next Buzzword in Higher Education
For a long time, advocates and policymakers in the higher education space were fixated on improving “access” to higher education. As a society, we recognized that higher education was a…