Out of Pocket: The High Cost of Inadequate High Schools and High School Student Achievement on College Affordability

  By Mary Nguyen Barry and Michael Dannenberg    Academic under-preparation at the high school level is seen across income groups and reflected in widespread remedial education at a broad cross-section of colleges.  It’s hurting students’ chances for success in college, costing families a sizable amount out of pocket, and making college a poor value proposition for

College Ratings and Higher Ed Accountability: Recommendations for Action

Linked below are recommendations from Education Reform Now to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan regarding the President’s proposed college ratings system. Overall, we are broadly supportive of the general concept and need for a federal college ratings system. We applaud the Secretary’s leadership and careful effort in establishing a system that will provide critical

Teacher Education Accountability: Arguments & Responses

On December 3, 2014, the Obama Administration officially released its draft teacher education accountability regulation. Education Reform Now highlights opposition arguments to the regulation and offers a set of responses. Download Now

Teacher Education Reform 1.0

In this November 20, 2014 PowerPoint, our Director for Strategic Initiatives and a former senior advisor in President Obama’s Department of Education, Michael Dannenberg, offers a sneak peek at how the administration’s long-awaited teacher preparation regulation might “reward the good, improve the middle, and turnaround the bad.” Download Now

The High School – Higher Ed Nexus

Over the last several months, top Democratic officials have asked for our thoughts on how to respond to the public’s thirst for improved levels of college affordability.  Linked below is a powerpoint description of our suggested strategy.  It is geared toward federal policymakers, but the underlying principles are applicable, and in many cases have already