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New America NYC: Baby Brains and Video Games

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:30pm

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(NYC) Watching Teachers Work

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 9:00am

Debates rage over how to identify good teachers, but few consider using information that can measure effectiveness while also helping teachers improve. New York City is a recent flashpoint with the controversial publication of flawed data rating the city's public school teachers. The time is ripe for a conversation that envisions new ways of evaluating teachers using results from standardized, valid and reliable observations.

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Funding Public Higher Education Post-Stimulus

Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 12:15pm

Congress passed the landmark American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 (ARRA) to offset the effects of one of the worst economic recessions in decades. As part of that law, Congress designated nearly $100 billion for education programs, including the $48.6 billion State Fiscal Stabilization Fund to help states maintain K-12 and higher education funding.

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Local Innovations in Child Care and Early Learning

Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 12:00pm

Nearly 11 million American children under 5 spend part of their day in a child care setting, yet only a small fraction are in early learning programs that meet high standards. Families face a huge challenge in finding programs that fit the demands of work schedules while also providing good, affordable learning centers for their kids. Overcoming this challenge is a key lever for promoting social mobility and preparing children for the future.
 

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Watching Teachers Work

Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 9:15am

How to identify good teachers — and how to help them improve — will be a hot topic in 2012, especially as states upgrade their teacher-evaluation systems. The Early Education Initiative hosted a panel that delved into recommendations from New America’s latest paper on teacher effectiveness, Watching Teachers Work: Using Observation Tools to Promote Effective Teaching in the Early Years and Early Grades.

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What's Missing in Child Care and Early Education in America

Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 12:15pm
More than 11 million American children spend time in non-parental care each day. Millions of families rely on some aspect of America's publicly funded programs for their children as they go to work. Most are looking for a high-quality setting in which their children can learn. Yet, current situations fail too many families. The cost of care is too high while salaries for staff are too low. There are gaps in the regulatory oversight and in the quality of care, and there is too little learning for too many children.
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Child Care in Race to the Top

Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 12:15pm

In May, President Obama announced a $500 million federal grant competition to improve early childhood education in America.  This competition, modeled on the Race to the Top program that spotlighted the need for public school reform, has the potential to increase the focus on the importance of children’s earliest years of life for healthy cognitive and social development.  This comes at a time when Congress and the states are thinking about ways to improve child care.  

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Student Loan Delinquency

Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 9:30am

Today more students are taking on larger amounts of federally-backed loans to pay for a higher education than ever before. That’s why it’s imperative that policymakers and other stakeholders know how these rising debt levels affect students after they leave school.

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Kids First

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 5:00pm

Please join the New America Foundation in a conversation with David L. Kirp, author of Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children's Lives and America's Future.

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Before Birth & Up Through Third Grade

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 8:30am

Note: The video above features the panel discussion titled, “Leveraging Public Dollars: How?” from the Before Birth & Up Through Third Grade Forum on March 2. Videos for the other two panel discussions can be found on the right side of this page.

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