Press Releases: 2013

Washington, DC — As the nation struggles to find new ways to increase college access and completion rates while lowering costs, a handful of “Next Generation Universities” are embracing key strategies that make them models for national reform, according to a report released today by the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program.
 

Washington, DC — Student achievement is playing an increasing role in teacher evaluations, even in the earliest years of school when children do not participate in state standardized testing. As a result, states and school districts are struggling to find sound methods to measure young students’ achievement and rushing to implement evaluation systems without thinking through the risks, according to a new report released today by the New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative.
 

Washington, DC — In their relentless pursuit of prestige and revenue, American private and public four-year colleges and universities are increasingly using financial aid to attract the best and most affluent students rather than to help low-income and working-class families pay for college, according to a new report released today by the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program.

Washington, DC —  The New America Foundation’s Asset Building Program released a new report today that analyzes an innovative response to the looming U.S. retirement savings crisis – the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program, the nation’s first system to provide accounts for all private sector workers even if their employers choose not to offer one.

Washington, DC — Today, on Tax Day, the New America Foundation's Asset Building Program sent a letter to the House Ways and Means Tax Reform Working Group on Pensions/Retirement, outlining the need for tax reform to create the means which support all Americans as they strive to achieve financial security.

Washington, DC — Today, President Obama released his budget request for fiscal year 2014. Under the White House proposal, the United States is poised to spend $521 billion supporting wealth development — including home ownership, retirement security, and savings — through regressive tax subsidies that primarily accrue to those who are already wealthy, according to analysis by New America's Asset Building Program.

The Asset Building Program's analysis of the president's budget request finds that the federal government will allocate through the tax code:

Washington, DC — The New America Foundation is pleased to announce that Helene Gayle will join its Board of Directors. Dr. Gayle is president and CEO of the Atlanta-based CARE USA, a leading international humanitarian organization.

“Helene Gayle's global mindset and knowledge of health and humanitarian issues will be a terrific asset to our Board of Directors,” said New America Board Chair and Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt.

Washington, D.C. — Many in Washington have pushed to cut Social Security, but a new report released today from the New America Foundation's Economic Growth Program advises the opposite strategy. The report argues that to truly deal with the nation's retirement security crisis and guarantee secure retirement for working Americans, the U.S. must expand Social Security and minimize the importance of private, tax-favored programs.

Washington, DC — In order to maintain national security, the United States — in addition to building a capable intelligence and security apparatus — must reiterate its social and economic strength to the world, according to a report released today by the New America Foundation's National Security Studies Program.