Joint Response: Domestic Top-Tier K-12 STEM Talent Development

Read ALI's coalition comments urging the Department of Education to ensure proposed EDGAR revisions strengthen, rather than constrain, the nation's capacity to conduct and share rigorous education R&D.

Signed by more than 70 organizations and education leaders, this letter supports the NEED Act, a bill that would establish a DARPA-inspired National Center for Advanced Development in Education (NCADE) at the Institute of Education Sciences to fund high-reward R&D. It would also modernize the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) program to strengthen the data behind effective education research.

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 urging OMB to preserve merit-based grantmaking and remove Uniform Guidance provisions that would disrupt education R&D funding, dissemination, and stability.

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.

Read ALI’s FY2027 appropriations request letter to congressional appropriators. In the letter, ALI calls for sustained federal investment in the Institute of Education Sciences, the Department of Education’s Education Innovation and Research program, and key education and workforce initiatives at the Department of Labor and the National Science Foundation. Federal education R&D equips state and […]

The Workforce Behind America’s Innovation Edge: Federal Policy Actions to Secure U.S. Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing and Emerging Technologies, developed in partnership with the Digital Manufacturing & Cybersecurity Institute, outlines federal policy actions and investments needed to strengthen STEM education, career-connected learning, and workforce development in emerging technologies. It provides specific recommendations for Congress and […]

SBIR is essential to the U.S. innovation enterprise and is a powerful tool for the government to facilitate the commercialization of federally funded research. 

ALI Coalition letter requesting robust funding for education research and development (R&D) in the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills.

In November 2025, ALI submitted a letter providing input on the National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing. In the letter, ALI  recommends that the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), on behalf of the Subcommittee on Advanced Manufacturing of the National Science and Technology Council, support the scaling of education innovations aligned with advanced manufacturing workforce and industry-driven needs through strategic public-private partnerships and federal cross-agency coordination and leadership.

In this letter, ALI encourages the Department of Education to prioritize research and evidence-building in career pathways and workforce readiness, urging investments that identify and scale effective practices, strengthen data use across agencies, and advance innovation to better prepare students for the workforce.

ALI's recommendations for the redesign of the Institute of Education Sciences.