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CAP’s Education department aims to change America’s approach to early childhood, K-12 education, higher education, and lifelong learning by ensuring equitable access to resources, developing community-centered policies, and promoting the ability to participate fully in an inclusive economy built on a strong democracy.

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Provide access to high-quality, affordable early childhood education

CAP has helped shape key early care and learning proposals, including affordable child care and universal preschool, while furthering the understanding of the early childhood landscape, including analysis around child care deserts, federal investments, and state actions.

Protect and strengthen public education

A strong public education system is essential to U.S. democracy and is the most accessible path to economic opportunity. CAP stands against the privatization of public schools, champions federal programs such as Title I that deliver vital resources to low-income students, and advances policies that strengthen public education. This includes the development of policy recommendations to advance technology integration, improve federal programs that support high-quality learning, and modernize school staffing and infrastructure to better serve all students.

Advocate for investments in higher education and affordable, high-quality postsecondary pathways for all

CAP advances forward-looking proposals to advocate for the value of education, improve higher education affordability, ensure high-quality standards and strong protections for postsecondary students and student loan borrowers, and equitably fund minority-serving institutions and community colleges.”

Prepare and connect students and workers to good jobs

CAP is reimagining the U.S. workforce development system to prepare and train the next generation of students and workers for a better future.

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The Trump Administration’s Latest Staffing Cuts at the Department of Education Threaten Children’s Success Across the Country Article
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The Trump Administration’s Latest Staffing Cuts at the Department of Education Threaten Children’s Success Across the Country

Cuts to staff at the Department of Education threaten the federal government’s long-term ability to ensure equal access to education for all, including children with disabilities.

Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Weadé James

How Changes to Fourth-Grade Reading Standards and Research-Backed Approaches Can Improve Reading Achievement Report
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How Changes to Fourth-Grade Reading Standards and Research-Backed Approaches Can Improve Reading Achievement

Four states—Alabama, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Mississippi—have shown that adopting more rigorous literacy standards and scientific approaches to reading instruction can help reverse the decline in reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Tania Otero Martinez, Weadé James

Child Care Professionals Are on the Front Lines as Climate Change Risks Children’s Health and Development Report
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Child Care Professionals Are on the Front Lines as Climate Change Risks Children’s Health and Development

Amid a changing climate and federal rollbacks to disaster relief and preparedness, early educators face an increasingly untenable child care landscape that will require state and local action.

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Trump’s “Compact” With Colleges Will Put University Presidents in Legal Jeopardy Article
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Trump’s “Compact” With Colleges Will Put University Presidents in Legal Jeopardy

The White House’s proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education is unconstitutional, unlawful, and will put universities and their administrators at direct risk from a politicized Justice Department.

Ben Olinsky, Viviann Anguiano, Devon Ombres, 2 More Sara Partridge, Hayley Durudogan

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Career and Technical Education in Pennsylvania Past Event
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Career and Technical Education in Pennsylvania

The Center for American Progress, in collaboration with the American Federation of Teachers, hosted an event to highlight career and technical education programs in the Philadelphia region and discuss policy opportunities to expand these programs elsewhere.

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