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Report Release: Reforming Teacher Pensions for a Changing Work Force
New Education Sector report examines teacher pensions and details the problems facing current state pension programs.
Sport or Not? A Question for the Courts
Senior Policy Analyst Elena Silva interviewed by the New York Times on Title IX.
Teachers Unions as Agents of Reform
Brad Jupp, an architect of Denver's landmark performance-based teacher pay system, ProComp, is an outspoken advocate of both labor organizing and quality education for disadvantaged kids. In this interview, Jupp talks about ProComp, his views on teacher unionism, and the future of the teaching profession.
Education Sector Welcomes Three New Board Members
Education Sector's board of directors names three prominent leaders in the fields of education and journalism to the board: David W. Breneman, Richard Lee Colvin, and Peter McWalters.
For-profit colleges: Do they shortchange students?
Policy Director Kevin Carey comments on a recent Senate HELP Committee hearing on for-profit colleges.
Education Sector - Analysis and Perspectives
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Experts Discuss Virtual Schooling
Education Sector recently sat down with leading policy and virtual learning experts to discuss the national virtual learning landscape. Watch their responses.
Recent Analysis and Perspectives:
Why Do You Think They're Called For-Profit Colleges?
In his latest column for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Kevin Carey explains the nature of for-profit colleges and the challenges policymakers face when regulating them.
National Education Standards: The Right Answer for Virginia
Communications Manager Kris Amundson argues the time is right to step up education standards in Virginia. Endorsing the Common Core may be the first step, she says.
Out-thinking Default Rates
In the May 2010 edition of Career College Central, a trade publication for for-profit institutions, Senior Policy Analyst Erin Dillon and Editor Robin Smiles share specific strategies that these schools can take to help their students avoid default.
How Race to the Top Could Inform ESEA Reauthorization
Race to the Top was successful at spurring state education reforms. What's next? Policy Analyst Chad Aldeman outlines one possibility for keeping the momentum.
The Chimera of College Brands
In his latest Chronicle column, Kevin Carey explores institutional branding in higher education. There needs to be a better way of signaling quality in the higher education market, he argues.
Developing a Public Agenda for Virtual Learning
Virtual learning continues to experience explosive growth. It has great potential to help address many of our nation's most pressing educational issues, argues Bill Tucker.
Tough Luck
Education Sector's Chad Aldeman and Erin Dillon review the film "The Lottery." The film delivers important lessons about expanding choice in public education.
Rebuild It and They Will Come
In Educational Leadership, Senior Policy Analyst Elena Silva highlights how schools can arrange people and organize time in ways that make teaching both more attractive and more effective.
Taking An Incomplete
In The New Republic, Kevin Carey argues that while the recent student loan reforms are a victory for the Obama administration, a real opportunity was missed in helping more students graduate from college.
Despite Years of Credits, Still No Degree
How do you earn six years of college credit yet fail to acquire a four-year degree? Kevin Carey explains in his latest column for The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Is Data the Cure-All?
What lessons can education policymakers learn from health care in their push to create and use data systems? A lot, argues Managing Director Bill Tucker in Education Week.
Designing Smart Charter School Caps
In an article for The Journal of School Choice, Erin Dillon examines two states that have implemented quality-sensitive charter school caps and draws lessons for policymakers in implementing "smart charter caps."