How Students Can Help Build Better Education Policy
The Education Department has an opportunity to reimagine the policymaking process by committing to incorporating student voice.
Education, K-12
The Center for American Progress’ K-12 Education team is committed to developing policies for a new education agenda that is rooted in the idea of opportunity for all, with equity in access at the center. This agenda focuses on five key components: (1) applying an explicit race equity lens to policy development; (2) preparing all students for college, civic engagement, and the future workforce; (3) modernizing and elevating the teaching profession; (4) dramatically increasing investments in public schools and improving the equity of existing investments; and (5) bringing a balanced approach to charter school policy.
A Quality Education for Every Child
The time is now for policymakers to take a bold and comprehensive approach to K-12 education.
The Opportunity and Counseling Corps: Helping K-12 Students and Young Adults Recover From the Coronavirus Crisis
In the Wake of the Coronavirus, We Must Design and Build the Schools We Need—Not Simply Reopen Schools As They Were
Public Education Opportunity Grants
A First 100 Days Agenda for K-12 Education
Social and Emotional Supports for Educators During and After the Pandemic
As K-12 districts and schools plan for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential that providing social and emotional supports for educators is a key part of the conversation.
Remote Learning and School Reopenings: What Worked and What Didn’t
As the United States recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and schools return to in-person learning in the fall, it is key that educators learn from the successes of the past year and avoid making the same mistakes.
Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All Students
Even in high schools with similar levels of access to advanced coursework, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students are less likely to be enrolled in advanced courses—and even when they are enrolled, they experience less success in these courses than their peers.
The Funnel To Passing AP Exams
This interactive uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to estimate how many students, overall and disaggregated, enroll in AP courses, take AP tests, and pass AP tests.
The Compound Benefits of Greening School Infrastructure
With long-term federal infrastructure investment, schools can deliver critical health and learning benefits to students while supporting the transition to a 100 percent clean energy future.
The Education Data That Matter Most to Parents and School Stakeholders
The current K-12 accountability system provides important information for education leaders, but local school communities need access to other timely and useful data to help improve the quality of education each child receives.
Preparing Students of Color for the Future Workforce
Community members in Indiana and New Mexico provide context on how Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students should be fully prepared for the future workforce.
Ending K-12 Education Funding Inequity: Public Education Opportunity Grants
A Public Education Opportunity Grants program will make K-12 education more equitable at the local, state, and federal levels.
5 Ways To Include Student Voice in Education Policymaking
Student voice must be included at every level of education policymaking to ensure that all students’ needs are being served during and after COVID-19 and that every student has access to a quality education.
Good Jobs for All: How Federal Laws Can Create Pathways From Education and Training to Good Jobs
Federal legislation must focus on job quality to reduce gaps in education and lead to good jobs.
An Overview of the Teacher Alternative Certification Sector Outside of Higher Education
A growing number of students are enrolling in alternative certification programs for teachers run by operators outside colleges.
Fact Sheet: Public Education Opportunity Grants
This fact sheet outlines the main goals and provisions of the proposed Public Education Opportunity Grants program.
Early High School STEM Perceptions Associated With Postsecondary Outcomes
A new CAP study finds that the future success of ninth graders—from high school graduation to college enrollment—is correlated with how they rate the usefulness and engagement of their math and science classes.
Vouchers Over Virus: How the Department of Education Prioritized Private School Vouchers Over Responding to COVID-19
Rather than leveraging the coronavirus to advance private school vouchers, schools need immediate fiscal stabilization and long-term efforts to improve public school choice.