Lancy Downs is a senior policy analyst with the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship in the Center on Education and Labor. Prior to joining New America, Downs worked at Convergence Center for ...

In the world of education and work, apprenticeships are a hot topic. Not as hot? The conversation about funding them. That’s because doing so can prove complicated: Supporting and scaling ...

Lee Drutman explores the “two-party doom loop” of the U.S. political system and how proportional representation can break the ...

But for many colleges, including many who long ago shuttered their centers, starting up and sustaining a child care center on ...

Two leaders share how Denver’s long-time investment in early childhood education helped catalyze a statewide transformation.

Mayor Bowser turns to Trump to revive DC’s economy, but focusing on local communities, not federal workers, is the key to the ...

Today’s early educators face mixed messages about how and whether to use touch-screen tablets and other tech tools in their ...

Vicki Shabo offers a look at what’s ahead for paid leave in 2025, highlighting three key areas to watch as the fight for family and medical leave continues.

New America VP and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen examines efforts at modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

The dual crises of climate change and housing insecurity elevate several pressing challenges for recovery and adaptation, in ...

The New America Cybersecurity Fellowship brings together a diverse, selective group of academics, technologists, practitioners, and others for a one year fellowship designed to elevate voices that ...