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Sector Spotlight
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.
Connecting the Dots
Connecting the Dots
This series documents the links and lines of influence that run between various actors, institutions, and ideas in education policy, demonstrating the far-reaching impact of these connections on education.
Big Box: How the Heirs of the Wal-Mart Fortune Have Fueled the Charter School Movement
The charter school movement has grown from a single school in St. Paul, Minn., in 1992 to more than 4,000 schools educating nearly a million students in 40 states and the District of Columbia. The founding family of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has played a key role in the movement's expansion.
Echo Chamber: The National Education Association's Campaign Against NCLB
In a new report, Education Sector Non-resident Senior Fellow Joe Williams documents how the National Education Association gives millions of dollars to nonprofit organizations to advance its anti-NCLB agenda.
Market Forces: Professor Paul Peterson's Influential Protégés
Harvard professor Paul E. Peterson is best known in education circles as a leading advocate of giving public school students government-funded tuition vouchers to attend private schools. Less well known is his role in training an influential group of young, market-oriented education scholars.
Staying Power: Teach for America Alumni in Public Education
It would be reasonable to expect recent college graduates entering Teach for America to complete their two-year TFA teaching requirements in public schools and then move on. But that isn't happening. TFA alumni are increasingly working throughout the public education system.