Thomas Toch

3 weeks ago | future-ed.org | Thomas Toch

This piece originally appeared in Washington Monthly. Amid Donald Trump’s campaign to dismantle the Department of Education, a recent report from one of its most respected agencies, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, revealed that more than a third of the nation’s students struggle to read after being in school for eight years. The finding was the latest sign of crisis in the nation’s elementary and secondary schools. There are many others.

3 weeks ago | future-ed.org | Thomas Toch

This piece originally appeared in The Hill. The nation’s schools, already reeling from plunging test scores and culture war controversies, now face another major hurdle — an $880 billion cut to the federal Medicaid program, the source of health care coverage for as many as 40 percent of the nation’s students. House Republicans approved a budget resolution last Tuesday that would reduce by about 11 percent the federal-state partnership that provides health coverage for nearly 80 million Americans.

1 month ago | washingtonmonthly.com | Thomas Toch

Amid Donald Trump’s campaign to dismantle the Department of Education, a recent report from one of its most respected agencies, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, revealed that more than a third of the nation’s students struggle to read after being in school for eight years. The finding was the latest sign of crisis in the nation’s elementary and secondary schools. There are many others.

1 month ago | thehill.com | Thomas Toch

The nation’s schools, already reeling from plunging test scores and culture war controversies, now face another major hurdle — an $880 billion cut to the federal Medicaid program, the source of health care coverage for as many as 40 percent of the nation’s students. House Republicans approved a budget resolution last Tuesday that would reduce by about 11 percent the federal-state partnership that provides health coverage for nearly 80 million Americans.

1 month ago | aol.com | Thomas Toch

The nation’s schools, already reeling from plunging test scores and culture war controversies, now face another major hurdle — an $880 billion cut to the federal Medicaid program, the source of health care coverage for as many as 40 percent of the nation’s students. House Republicans approved a budget resolution last Tuesday that would reduce by about 11 percent the federal-state partnership that provides health coverage for nearly 80 million Americans.