Fact Sheet: How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers Fact SheetDecember 18, 2025 Fact Sheet: How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers A new CAP study of early career teachers explores their preparation and induction experiences and factors that affected their attrition in the field. Dec 18, 2025 Weadé James, Paige Shoemaker DeMio
How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers ReportDecember 18, 2025 How To Increase the Retention of Early Career Teachers A 2025 CAP survey of early career teachers sheds light on the experiences and factors that assisted or hindered their persistence in the field. Dec 18, 2025 Weadé James, Paige Shoemaker DeMio
Moving Federal Education Programs Will Create More Bureaucracy, Not Less ArticleDecember 10, 2025 Moving Federal Education Programs Will Create More Bureaucracy, Not Less The Trump administration is unlawfully using interagency agreements to continue its piecemeal dismantling of the Department of Education. Dec 10, 2025 Veronica Goodman, Viviann Anguiano, Weadé James
Weakening the IDEA Threatens Millions of Disabled Americans Like Me In the NewsNovember 26, 2025 Weakening the IDEA Threatens Millions of Disabled Americans Like Me In an op-ed published by The 74, Mia Ives-Rublee talks about the important role the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act plays in ensuring disabled students receive an equitable public education. Nov 26, 2025 The 74 Mia Ives-Rublee
IDEA at 50: Why IDEA Matters to Families VideoNovember 20, 2025 IDEA at 50: Why IDEA Matters to Families Elena Hung and her daughter, Xiomara, talk about the importance of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and what they hope for the future. Nov 20, 2025 Mia Ives-Rublee, Olivia Mowry, Toni Pandolfo, 1 More Hai-Lam Phan
IDEA at 50: Resources To Support Students With Disabilities During the Week of Action ArticleNovember 14, 2025 IDEA at 50: Resources To Support Students With Disabilities During the Week of Action Fifty years after the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act transformed special education services for children with disabilities, it is important to both celebrate its legacy and confront the urgent work still needed to fulfill its promise. Nov 14, 2025 Mia Ives-Rublee, Weadé James, Casey Peeks, 3 More Hailey Gibbs, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Casey Doherty
How Changes to Fourth-Grade Reading Standards and Research-Backed Approaches Can Improve Reading Achievement ReportOctober 23, 2025 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. Oct 23, 2025 Tania Otero Martinez, Weadé James
Child Care Professionals Are on the Front Lines as Climate Change Risks Children’s Health and Development ReportOctober 21, 2025 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. Oct 21, 2025 Hailey Gibbs, Nadia Gronkowski, Hester Paul, 2 More Joan Lombardi, Ph.D., Nsedu Obot Witherspoon
Public Education Under Threat: 4 Trump Administration Actions To Watch in the 2025-26 School Year ReportAugust 27, 2025 Public Education Under Threat: 4 Trump Administration Actions To Watch in the 2025-26 School Year As public K-12 schools across the country face increasing threats from federal policies and actions, state and local leaders should prepare to respond. Aug 27, 2025 Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Weadé James
Recent Trends in the Cost of College Show the Continued Importance of Federal and State Investment ReportAugust 27, 2025 Recent Trends in the Cost of College Show the Continued Importance of Federal and State Investment A federal-state partnership can help bring down the cost of college for students, who today shoulder a greater share of the burden of financing postsecondary education than in previous generations, despite recent gains in college affordability. Aug 27, 2025 Sara Partridge
The Full Cost of Attendance: Addressing Housing, Food, and Other Barriers to Community College Student Success ReportJuly 16, 2025 The Full Cost of Attendance: Addressing Housing, Food, and Other Barriers to Community College Student Success Although community colleges offer low tuition, students still face steep costs for essentials such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and supplies—barriers that policymakers must address to make college truly affordable. Jul 16, 2025 Veronica Goodman, Madison Weiss, Sara Partridge
Class of 2025 Forum: Student Perspectives on Public Education’s Value and Impact Past EventJuly 10, 2025 Class of 2025 Forum: Student Perspectives on Public Education’s Value and Impact Please join the Center for American Progress for an authentic conversation with students from the class of 2025. Online via Zoom Jul 10, 2025