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Stimulating Excellence

Stimulating Excellence

Report from CAP, AEI, Public Impact, and New Profit explores how state and federal policy can encourage innovation in education.
The Fiscal Costs of Expanded Learning Time

The Fiscal Costs of Expanded Learning Time

Report provides a framework for policymakers and practitioners to identify the key cost components involved in expanding the school day.
College-Ready Students, Student-Ready Colleges

College-Ready Students, Student-Ready Colleges

Report from Louis Soares and Christopher Mazzeo offers solutions for raising degree completion rates through student empowerment and systems change.
Ensuring Equal Opportunity in Public Education

Ensuring Equal Opportunity in Public Education

Report addresses ways in which local school district funding practices hurt disadvantaged students and what federal policy can do about it.
Leaders and Laggards

Leaders and Laggards

A joint platform for education reform from the Center for American Progress and U.S. Chamber of Commerce with interactive U.S. map.

Other Education Features

June 30, 2009

Using Teacher Evaluations to Improve Education

A CAP event presents ways to improve teacher evaluations and use tenure more effectively.
June 25, 2009

So Long, Lake Wobegon?

Report from Morgaen L. Donaldson discusses strategies for using teacher evaluation to raise teacher quality. By Morgaen L. Donaldson
June 25, 2009

Fixing Tenure

Joan Baratz-Snowden puts forward a proposal for assuring teacher effectiveness and due process. By Joan Baratz-Snowden
June 22, 2009

Working Learners

Report from Louis Soares outlines a plan for educating our entire workforce for success in the 21st century. By Louis Soares
June 22, 2009

Teacher Incentive Fund Addresses Three Key Issues

Robin Chait and Raegen Miller explain why proposed additional funding for the Teacher Incentive Fund can improve teacher quality and student achievement in high-poverty schools. By Robin Chait, Raegen Miller
June 11, 2009

Child Homelessness in the Economic Crisis

Joy Moses interviews Michigan educator Kathy Kropf about the difficulties facing homeless children in the recession. By Joy Moses
May 22, 2009

Weekly Round Up: May 18 - 22, 2009

We supported clean-energy legislation, hosted Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and imagined what America would look like without health reform.
May 21, 2009

Taking Off The Rose-Colored Glasses

States are getting different amounts of money for education spending from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and those most in need may not be getting what they need, writes Raegen Miller. By Raegen Miller
May 18, 2009

Paying Teachers for Results

Report from Robin Chait and Raegen Miller examines research that will inform the design of pay-for-performance programs for high-poverty schools. By Robin Chait, Raegen Miller
May 18, 2009

Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together

A report from Claire E. White and James S. Kim explains how to use systematic vocabulary instruction and expanded learning time to address the literacy gap. By Claire E. White, James S. Kim
May 18, 2009

Ensuring Effective Teachers for All Students

Report from Robin Chait outlines six state strategies for attracting and retaining effective teachers in high-poverty and high-minority schools. By Robin Chait
May 18, 2009

Getting Students More Learning Time Online

Report from Cathy Cavanaugh explores how online, distance learning can facilitate expanded learning time initiatives in K-12 schools. By Cathy Cavanaugh
May 7, 2009

Entrepreneurship in Education

A panel of experts discussed how private investment can close both funding and achievement gaps in the public education system.
May 5, 2009

14 Education Entrepreneurs that Are Making a Difference

Profiles of charter schools, human capital builders, and service providers that are changing the way we look at education.
April 22, 2009

Realigning Resources for District Transformation

Report from CAP and Education Resource Strategies provides recommendations for using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to advance a strategic education reform agenda.
April 21, 2009

The Promise of Service

President Obama helps unlock the potential of national service today by signing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, writes Shirley Sagawa. By Shirley Sagawa
April 13, 2009

Work and Education Can Go Hand in Hand

Working adults need a college education system that matches their busy lives and delivers tangible career benefits, writes Louis Soares. A proposed federal program to encourage these steps is now before Congress. By Louis Soares
April 8, 2009

Education Reform: Lessons from New Jersey

A panel of experts joined CAP and The Century Foundation to discuss the lessons from New Jersey’s success in closing the achievement gap in high-poverty schools.
March 31, 2009

Innovation Is in the Details

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has the potential to transform the Workforce Development System, writes Louis Soares. By Louis Soares
March 26, 2009

Five Ways to Innovate in Education

Melissa Lazarín and Robin Chait detail five innovative initiatives that states and school districts can implement with recovery funds. By Melissa Lazarín, Robin Chait
March 16, 2009

Ask the Expert: President Obama's Education Priorities

Melissa Lazarín on what the budget blueprint reveals about what types of initiatives we should expect to see in the next year and how the budget will affect the No Child Left Behind Act. By Melissa Lazarín
March 10, 2009

Students Can Improve National Service

Visiting Fellow Shirley Sagawa testifies before U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on college students and national service. By Shirley Sagawa
March 2, 2009

Renewing Education's Promise

Improving alternate teacher certification programs can help attract young, motivated college graduates into tough schools around the country.
February 27, 2009

Weekly Round Up: February 23 - 27, 2009

Our experts analyzed Obama's budget, offered ideas for how to bring the electrical grid into the 21st century, and responded to Obama's call for a college education for all.
February 27, 2009

Realizing the Promise

Report from Robin Chait and Michele McLaughlin explains how state policy can support alternative certification programs for teachers. By Robin Chait, Michele McLaughlin
February 26, 2009

Investing Wisely in Our Children

Obama’s new budget blueprint includes much-needed money alongside critical reforms to transform our public schools, write Cynthia Brown and Melissa Lazarin. By Cynthia G. Brown, Melissa Lazarín
February 26, 2009

A Postsecondary Degree or Credential in Every Pot

President Obama's bold goal of retaking America's global leadership in college graduates by 2020 is critical for our national competitiveness and economy, writes Louis Soares. By Louis Soares
February 10, 2009

The Other College

Report from Molly F. McIntosh and Cecilia Rouse examines retention and completion rates in two-year colleges. By Molly F. McIntosh, Cecilia Elena Rouse
February 4, 2009

Help for Students, Help for the Economy

Raegen Miller explains why education is important to economic recovery and what type of education provisions are in the current stimulus proposals. By Raegen Miller
February 2, 2009

Preparing for College, and Sharing How to Get There

Panelists at a CAP event offer ways to improve students’ preparation for and success in college.
February 2, 2009

Interactive Map: The Recovery, for Children

These three interactive maps show how the education provisions, health benefits, and tax cuts in the recovery package will help American children.
January 28, 2009

From Qualifications to Results

Robin Chait makes the case for a focus on teacher effectiveness, not qualifications, and how federal policy can make it happen. By Robin Chait
January 28, 2009

Beyond the Beltway: 21st Century Education

This interactive map shows how the Recovery and Reinvestment Act would help our education system. By Will Straw
January 27, 2009

Improving Academic Preparation for College

Robin Chait and Andrea Venezia detail what we know about academic preparation for college and how state and federal policies can help. By Robin Chait, Andrea Venezia
January 27, 2009

Barriers to College Attainment: Lessons from Chicago

New report draws lessons from the Chicago public schools about how to increase enrollment and success in college. By Jenny Nagaoka, Melissa Roderick, Vanessa Coca
January 14, 2009

Shooting Yourself in the Foot

Mid-year teacher layoffs undermine teacher quality, but Robin Chait and Raegen Miller outline ways to mitigate its worst effects. By Robin Chait, Raegen Miller
December 16, 2008

Una Carrera Contra el Reloj

By Melissa Lazarín
December 16, 2008

A Race Against the Clock

Report from Melissa Lazarín explores the value of expanded learning time for English language learners. By Melissa Lazarín
December 2, 2008

Teacher Turnover, Tenure Policies, and the Distribution of Teacher Quality

Report from Raegen Miller and Robin Chait explores ways to give low-income students more access to effective teachers. By Raegen Miller, Robin Chait
November 20, 2008

Addressing the Teacher Qualification Gap

Dan Goldhaber explores the use and efficacy of incentives to reward teachers for touch assignments. By Dan Goldhaber
November 20, 2008

Financial Incentives for Hard-to-Staff Positions

CAP presents a report from Public Impact about how to handle hard-to-staff positions in education based on research from other sectors. By Julie Kowal, Bryan C. Hassel, Emily Ayscue Hassel
October 24, 2008

Tales of Teacher Absence

Report from Raegen Miller analyzes new data and finds patterns of teacher absence that provide insight into possible policy solutions to reduce absence rates. By Raegen Miller
October 17, 2008

Creating Postsecondary Pathways to Good Jobs for Young High School Dropouts

Linda Harris and Evelyn Ganzglass examine strategies that get high school dropouts the credentials they need for success in the workforce.
October 17, 2008

Federal Access Policies and Higher Education for Working Adults

Derek V. Price and Angela Bell outline core policy areas that can serve as a foundation for a progressive higher education agenda to benefit working adults.
October 14, 2008

More Equity and Less Red Tape

Report from Robert Gordon on rethinking the comparability and compliance provisions in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. By Robert Gordon
October 8, 2008

Making Students More College-Ready and Colleges More Student-Ready

Louis Soares talks about why the United States is struggling in higher education, and how we can boost degree completion rates By Louis Soares
September 15, 2008

Una Agenda Educativa para los Estudiantes Latinos

Ocho ideas que el gobierno federal puede usar para mejorar la educación de los niños hispanos por Melissa Lazarín. By Melissa Lazarín
September 15, 2008

An Education Agenda for Latino Students

Eight ideas from Melissa Lazarín that the federal government can implement to improve education for Hispanic children. By Melissa Lazarín
September 12, 2008

America: A Service Nation

On the 15th anniversary of AmeriCorps, Shirley Sagawa examines how far the program has come, and the opportunities for expanding national service. By Shirley Sagawa
September 2, 2008

A Promising Accord for Denver’s ProComp Program

The school district and unions have resolved issues with ProComp—Denver’s model teacher pay program—write Cynthia Brown and Robin Chait. By Cynthia G. Brown, Robin Chait

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Our education initiatives focus on addressing the challenges of a global economy, rapidly changing demographics, and a lingering and dangerous achievement gap for minority and low-income students. We have developed innovative programs to address these issues, including expanding learning time, finding and retaining highly effective teachers and principals, and promoting national standards, accountability, and fiscal equity.