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Independent, solution-oriented think tank at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. Follow FutureEd Director @Thomas_Toch.
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Joined December 2016
What role do politics play in where students decide to go to college? A new commentary by FutureEd Research Associate Giana Loretta, also published on @The74 , explores how college applicants’ political views are increasingly shaping enrollment decisions. The piece highlights
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Such is the level of political polarization in the nation that it’s now influencing where students want to attend college. A study by Riley Acton at Miami University, Emily Cook at Texas A&
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Good afternoon from Day 2 of the #HuntMayors Fellowship in Fort Worth! Fellows are back together to focus on the local policies and partnerships that strengthen city education ecosystems. Photos from our first session. What does “school choice” really look like across cities?
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🚨 New Report 🚨 Education is a powerful engine of opportunity, but it often cannot overcome the broader structural barriers that shape children’s lives. In "How Inequality Works: The Public Policy Barriers to Social Mobility in Urban America", FutureEd Senior Fellow Josh
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Education is a powerful engine of opportunity, but it often cannot overcome the broader structural barriers that shape children’s lives. Across the nation, policies in housing, health care, education…
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💰Tracking waste and fraud in K–12 education. A new study offers a framework for identifying sources of financial fraud and waste in the K–12 system. The researchers warn that greater school choice, a reduced role for traditional public school systems, and market-based
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In an effort to boost academic efficiency and cut fiscal waste, the Trump Administration has prioritized policies aimed at reducing federal education spending. A recent study by James Bridgeforth and…
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📺 Webinar: A Win-Win: How Teachers in Training Are Supporting High-Quality Tutoring Schools across the country are implementing high-dosage tutoring to accelerate student learning, but many face challenges finding tutors and sustaining them now that federal relief funding has
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📊 Education, by the numbers: 1,073 school districts rely on Impact Aid, a federal program that supports districts with tax-exempt federal land. The government shutdown has halted payments, affecting 15% of U.S. public school students. For more educational statistics, check out
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🎥 In case you missed it: @GovofCO Jared Polis, @MargaretEdu (Bipartisan Policy Center), @TequillaBrownie (TNTP), @FrancesMessano (NewSchools), Chris Walters (University of Chicago) joined @VanSchoales (Keystone Policy Center) to discuss the past, present, and future of school
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With student achievement in decline and debates over who’s responsible intensifying, how should we define and measure school quality? FutureEd and the Keystone Policy Center hosted this webinar with…
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The Trump administration has reduced the Education Department to less than 40 percent of its prior personnel, threatening vital supports for the nation’s most vulnerable students. In a new FutureEd commentary, @thomas_toch and Maureen Tracey-Mooney warn that hollowing out the
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The U.S. Department of Education’s mission, as established by Congress, is to “strengthen the Federal commitment to assuring access to equal educational opportunity for every individual.” Congress…
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How do we define and measure school quality? Our CEO @TequillaBrownie joins @FutureEdGU + @KeystonePolicy for a national conversation with @GovofCO, Margaret Spellings, Frances Messano, & Chris Walters on measuring what matters most. Join the convo: https://t.co/JmlcUKCB8m
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🚨Our webinar on school measurement is tomorrow at 1pm! With student achievement in decline and debates over who’s responsible intensifying, how should we define and measure school quality? Join FutureEd at Georgetown and Keystone Policy Center for a conversation on the past,
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Welcome Maureen Tracey-Mooney, FutureEd’s new associate director! Maureen joins us most recently from the U.S. Department of Education, where she served as a senior advisor in the Biden-Harris Administration. She previously served as special assistant to the president for
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📢 We’ve added three recent events to our U.S. Education Timeline: - President Trump signs an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education - Supreme Court decision in St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond - Creation of the Federal Tax Credit
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Historical milestones in American education
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WATCH NOW: The New Federal Education Tax Credit: Policy and Politics, featuring @ppi's Rachel Canter, @DFER_News's @Jorge_Elorza, @BrookingsEd's @JonValant, @FutureEdGU's @thomas_toch and yours truly. https://t.co/qK9Q07IZsK
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The Trump administration’s newly passed federal tax credit scholarship program could dramatically reshape the education landscape, providing families with potentially billions of dollars in funding…
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“Parents’ perspectives remind us that chronic absenteeism isn’t just a numbers problem—it’s a lived experience shaped by health concerns, cultural shifts, school climate, and family circumstances.” New research from @amierap and Morgan Polikoff sheds light on what’s driving the
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Though chronic absenteeism has declined from its post-COVID peak, too many students are still missing too much school. Research shows that absent students fall behind academically and are more likely…
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🚨1 week until the webinar! Register!
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The Trump administration’s newly passed federal tax credit scholarship program could dramatically reshape the education landscape, providing families with potentially billions of dollars in funding…
📺 Webinar: The New Federal Education Tax Credit—Policy and Politics The Trump administration’s federal tax credit scholarship program could direct billions toward private schooling—but only if states choose to participate. What does that mean for students, families, and
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📊 Chronic absenteeism update: Our tracker now includes 2024–25 school year data from 11 states. We will continue to update the tracker as additional state data is released. 👉 https://t.co/fWQbR3h2pO
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State level chronic absenteeism data
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📺 Webinar: The New Federal Education Tax Credit—Policy and Politics The Trump administration’s federal tax credit scholarship program could direct billions toward private schooling—but only if states choose to participate. What does that mean for students, families, and
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The post-Katrina reforms in New Orleans have been one of the most heavily studied urban education developments. The research yields valuable insights for today’s policymakers. Teach Plus CEO @KOJTeachPlus shared her insights for this @FutureEdGU piece. https://t.co/gvPZWxDmUo
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Amid the churn of school-improvement efforts in the United States, the unprecedented educational experiment in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed much of the city’s school…
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📊 Just added: 2024–25 absenteeism data Chronic absenteeism remains one of the biggest challenges facing schools. FutureEd’s tracker now spans five school years between 2018–19 and 2024–25. We will continue to update the tool as more states release their numbers. 🔗 Explore
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Great new report from @FutureEdGU : Education Lessons from New Orleans, Two Decades After Katrina @ewrobelen @thomas_toch
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Amid the churn of school-improvement efforts in the United States, the unprecedented educational experiment in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed much of the city’s school…
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