Emma Fenstermaker is a freelance researcher with New America Chicago, specializing in community recruitment and engagement, analysis, and writing. She holds a B.A. in Sociology and Creative Writing ...

OTI’s response to this morning’s SCOTUS decision, which reverses a July 2024 Fifth Circuit ruling and upholds key aspects of ...

CivicSpace and the FLH team at New America share lessons learned, best practices, and resources for planning large civic ...

Lawmakers have reintroduced the Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act, a bill that would require colleges to collect ...

This is the 15th blog in our series on the Early Care and Education (ECE) Implementation Working Group. For more information ...

Miroslava Rodríguez is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of Erandi Aprende, a bilingual educational venture dedicated to closing the gender gap in STEM by empowering Latina girls aged 8-12 in the ...

Erica Slobodnik is a Principal at Duquesne City School District outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was a second grade teacher for five years in the school district. She has been on numerous ...

New America partnered with the Eviction Lab to understand how eviction affects parents who are attending college while caring ...

Nick Greatz is assistant professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Sociology and at the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation. Greatz works at the intersection of ...

Colleges struggle to financially support child care for student parents, but there are options for funding them via braiding ...

Paid family leave has a demonstrated benefit to the health and well-being of mothers and babies. When mothers and caregivers ...

New data shows parenting students at for-profit colleges face the highest homelessness rates. Learn why and what policy changes are needed.