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.
Students walk to their classrooms at a public middle school in Los Angeles, California, September 10, 2021. (Getty/Robyn Beck/AFP)
CAP has identified a series of proposals, including a grant program that would increase recruitment and retention of highly qualified educators in schools with the highest teacher turnover, helping ensure equitable access to great teaching in school districts across the country.
Provide access to quality, affordable child care
CAP has helped shape key child care and preschool policy proposals, many of which are included in the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda, and furthered the understanding of child care research, including cost of care, child care deserts, family spending, and workforce participation.
Funding the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Grant Program
Led by the Center for American Progress, these letters recommend to the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Progressive Caucus that $40 million in funding for the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence grant program be included in the fiscal year 2022 budget.
Funding the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Grant Program
Led by the Center for American Progress, this letter recommends that the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 budget include $40 million for the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence grant program.
Supporting a Youth Partnership With the Biden-Harris Administration’s Department of Education
The Center for American Progress signed a letter written by Student Voice to the incoming Biden administration regarding greater partnership with youth on education policymaking.
Supporting the Expansion of Next Generation Community Schools
Scott Sargrad joins his fellow members of the Task Force on Next Generation Community Schools to write a letter to the incoming Biden-Harris administration about supporting community schools.
The Task Force on Next Generation Community Schools
Co-Sponsoring the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act (S. 4360/H.R. 7848)
Led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, this letter urges members of Congress to co-sponsor the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, partners
Advancing Educational Equity Through the Biden-Harris Administration
Led by the Education Trust and EducationCounsel, this memo outlines critical policy actions that the Biden-Harris administration should take during its first term to advance educational equity.
This letter, led by the Alliance for Excellent Education, responds to new guidance from the Department of Education regarding assessments, data reporting, and school accountability in 2021.
