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Learn how education research and development (R&D) can drive innovative solutions in teaching and learning. Our publications and statements showcase our efforts to advance evidence-based approaches to help every student thrive, drawing insights from our diverse coalition of researchers, educators, and innovators.
Leveraging Education R&D to Support High-Quality Career-Connected Learning: Federal Policy Recommendations
This policy brief on career-connected learning, developed with coalition members and field experts, outlines federal recommendations to strengthen evidence-based CCL in American schools. The brief calls on Congress and the Administration to modernize R&D infrastructure, strengthen longitudinal data systems, and fund evidence-based career-connected learning programs that better connect classroom learning to workforce demand.
ALI RFI Response: Modernizing Federal Workforce Information Tools
Comment letter providing recommendations to improve CareerOneStop, a free hub from the U.S. Department of Labor that shares tools and data for career exploration, training, and job searching.
ALI Response for OMB Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
ALI response urging OMB to preserve merit-based grantmaking and remove Uniform Guidance provisions that would disrupt education R&D funding, dissemination, and stability.
ALI Letter of Support for the NEED Act
September 2026
Signed by more than 70 organizations and education leaders, this letter supports the NEED Act, a bill that would…
Joint Response: Domestic Top-Tier K-12 STEM Talent Development
September 2026
The Alliance for Learning Innovation and the Foundation for American Innovation jointly responded to the Department of War’s (DoW)…
ALI Comments on Proposed Revisions to EDGAR
September 2026
Read ALI’s coalition comments urging the Department of Education to ensure proposed EDGAR revisions strengthen, rather than constrain, the…
ALI RFI Response: Modernizing Federal Workforce Information Tools
July 2026
Comment letter providing recommendations to improve CareerOneStop, a free hub from the U.S. Department of Labor that shares tools…
ALI Response for OMB Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
July 2026
ALI response urging OMB to preserve merit-based grantmaking and remove Uniform Guidance provisions that would disrupt education R&D funding,…
Leveraging Education R&D to Support High-Quality Career-Connected Learning: Federal Policy Recommendations
June 2026
This policy brief on career-connected learning, developed with coalition members and field experts, outlines federal recommendations to strengthen evidence-based…
ALI Response to Proposed Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions: Comprehensive Centers Program
April 2026
Despite decades of federal investment in generating education evidence, implementing evidence in the classroom remains a challenge. ALI views…
Blueprint for the Federal Role in Advancing Early Learning Research & Development
April 2026
Drawing on the perspectives of 25 leaders across early learning, this blueprint provides targeted federal policy recommendations to advance…
ALI FY 2027 Appropriations Letter
April 2026
Read ALI’s FY2027 appropriations request letter to congressional appropriators. In the letter, ALI calls for sustained federal investment in…
The Workforce Behind America’s Innovation Edge: Federal Policy Actions to Secure U.S. Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing And Emerging Technologies
March 2026
The Workforce Behind America’s Innovation Edge: Federal Policy Actions to Secure U.S. Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing and Emerging Technologies,…