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.
Investment and Funding Equity in K-12 Education
The K-12 Education team knows that money matters in education. Funding affects every aspect of a high-quality, well-rounded education, and there are both racial and socioeconomic disparities in investment and opportunities. States and districts are facing extreme inequities in funding, and at the same time, federal investment in education currently covers only about 8 percent of funding. We are fighting for a dramatic increase in investment and more equitable funding systems so that schools and students receive the resources they deserve.
See the K-12 Education team’s other core priority areas:
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.
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.
Fact Sheet: Public Education Opportunity Grants
This fact sheet outlines the main goals and provisions of the proposed Public Education Opportunity Grants program.
A First 100 Days Agenda for K-12 Education
The next presidential administration must take immediate, bold action to provide a quality education for every child.
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.
Public Education Opportunity Grants
The Center for American Progress is proposing a new federal grant program to dramatically increase the federal investment in K-12 education and make education funding more equitable at the federal, state, and local levels.
The Opportunity and Counseling Corps: Helping K-12 Students and Young Adults Recover From the Coronavirus Crisis
Investing in an Opportunity and Counseling Corps would provide tutoring, counseling, and other supports to students as well as employment and skill development for young adults to help them recover from the effects of the coronavirus.
Why K-12 Education Needs More Federal Stimulus Funding
In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a major federal investment in K-12 public education is urgently needed.
Congress Needs To Ensure Educational Equity in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The federal government must take action in order to address the immediate-, medium-, and long-term fallout from the coronavirus crisis on pre-K, K-12 and higher education.
Trump’s K-12 Education Budget
The Trump administration’s K-12 education budget eliminates important programs and cuts billions from public schools.
A Quality Education for Every Child
The time is now for policymakers to take a bold and comprehensive approach to K-12 education.
Trump’s Education Budget Ignores Needs of Students and Schools
The FY 2020 Department of Education budget proposal would make drastic and harmful cuts.