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New Report
Early Returns: First Results from the New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schooling
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FutureEd's latest report explores the expansion of universal private-school choice in eight states, where public funding supported K-12 private school tuition and educational expenses for nearly 600,000 students in the 2023-24 school year. Universal choice marks a major shift in K-12 education policy, making more public dollars available for private and homeschool expenses than ever before.
 The report, researched and written by Policy Director Liz Cohen and Policy Analyst Bella DiMarco, offers a detailed look at how these programs operate, who participates, and their impact on state and local budgets. While all share a commitment to providing every student with public funds for private schooling, their varying designs have important implications for students, budgets, and the broader education system.
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Highlighting
Chronic Absenteeism
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Upcoming Webinar: Rhode Island's Statewide Strategy for Addressing Chronic Absenteeism
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Join us on October 15 at 1 p.m. ET for a webinar moderated by Policy Director Liz Cohen to explore Rhode Island’s innovative cross-sector, data-driven approach to improve chronic absenteeism. The event features Governor Daniel McKee, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Angelica Infante-Green, Newport Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong, and Partnership Rhode Island Executive Director Tom Giordano.
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This school year we're tracking key education policy issues including chronic absenteeism, the impact of ESSER funding’s expiration, the rise of private school choice programs, and high school reform.
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As school districts nationwide face financial challenges, many are considering school closures. In a piece for The 74, Director Thomas Toch and Maureen Kelleher explore the long-term impacts of Chicago's 2013 school closures, highlighting its lessons for today's policymakers.
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In a Washington Monthly piece, Thomas Toch and Liz Cohen examine how high-impact, ESSER-funded tutoring programs have accelerated academic recovery and gained bipartisan support, positioning tutoring as a key strategy for future education reform.
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Senior Fellow Anne Kim explores in this Washington Monthly piece how innovative corequisite models in remedial education are helping underprepared college students succeed in college-level courses.
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New Book
The AdvocacyLabs Guide to the Science of Advocacy
In the latest from AdvocacyLabs, a partnership between FutureEd and 50CAN, Marc Porter Magee, 50CAN's chief executive, distills hundreds of studies into 31 actionable lessons for successful advocacy campaigns.
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16%
Low-income parents with children enrolled in Career Technical Education (CTE)
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71%
Low-income parents seeking CTE for their children who aren’t yet enrolled
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Source: 50CAN's “State of Educational Opportunity in America: A Survey of 20,000 parents”
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The latest leadership changes in the education sector
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Dr. Amy Loyd, former assistant secretary for the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education, is now the CEO of All4Ed.
Gini Pupo-Walker, former executive director of EdTrust Tennessee, is now the director of national education strategy at the Raikes Foundation.
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