Six states have now passed LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum …
WEBJun 17, 2021 · Following months of anti-transgender legislation and contentious debates around LGBTQ+ student rights, Nevada took a big step forward last week by becoming the sixth state to require schools to teach a history and social science curriculum inclusive of LGBTQ+ people and identities. In many ways, Assembly Bill 2621 mirrors efforts of other states that have already passed such legislation, many ...
Building Back Better: A National Jobs Strategy - New America
WEBThe administration’s Build Back Better plan includes investments and executive actions that will create and improve jobs for U.S. workers. The plan also makes clear that a Good Jobs Economy will require action on multiple fronts, from many federal agencies, and across all levels of government.
Family Thriving: How Social Policy Can Promote Greater Connection
WEBFeb 13, 2024 · Social policies can help families and children to thrive when they recognize and embrace the intersection of issues and needs that impact real lives. Thriving Families, an ongoing qualitative research effort run by the New Practice Lab at New America, aims to make family thriving central to social policy design and delivery.
Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Reflection Guide - New America
WEBThis resource is intended to support the reflective practice and ongoing learning of culturally responsive teachers. It can help teachers assess their personal strengths and develop a plan to sharpen their practice. Additionally, this guide can and should be used by those who support teachers. Teacher preparation faculty, mentors, coaches, and ...
Anne-Marie Slaughter - New America
WEBAnne-Marie Slaughter. Currently CEO of the think and action tank New America, Anne-Marie Slaughter is a global leader, scholar, and public intellectual. She was the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School and served as President of the American Society of International Law. From 2002 ...
Building Back Better: A National Plan for Youth Employment - New …
WEBLessons from Federal Youth Investment in the Great Recession. Inadequate funding to level of need: In the Great Recession, a $1.2 billion investment in youth services included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) served 355,000 young adults through summer employment. To date, however, there is no evidence that the employment effects for participants were long lasting.
Student Loan History - New America
WEBAbout the Topic. The federal government began guaranteeing student loans provided by banks and non-profit lenders in 1965, creating the program that is now called the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program. The first federal student loans, however, provided under the National Defense Education Act of 1958, were direct loans capitalized ...
Keys to a Healthier Digital Future: Interoperability, Open Protocols ...
WEBApr 30, 2024 · Elevating interoperability, open protocols, and tech governance could contribute toward a more positive global digital future. We focused on four critical layers in digital services that are integral to advancing technology developed in the public interest: identity control and verification, to empower individuals with secure digital identity ...
Transforming Kindergarten - New America
WEBGrade-level data from Attendance Works from California, Connecticut, and Ohio show that chronic absenteeism is especially high in kindergarten. In California, for example, kindergarten chronic absenteeism more than doubled between 2018-19 and 2021-22, surging from 15.6 percent of kindergarten students to 40.4 percent.
What Should Our High School Students Study? - New America
WEBOct 4, 2023 · Following the publication of A Nation at Risk, most states did tighten their high school course requirements (though no state fully adopted the New Basics).[5] They cut down on the number of electives, narrowed the list of courses that could fulfill core requirements, and mandated additional years of math, science, and, to a lesser extent, social studies.[6]
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