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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.
Events
Debate on National Standards
March 10, 2006 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM (National Press Club)- Featured Presenters:
- Kevin Carey
- Thomas Toch
National standards have been considered a politically toxic idea since the Clinton administration's failed efforts to implement them due to strong opposition from both the left and the right. But recent challenges implementing the No Child Left Behind Act have sparked new attention to and calls for national standards from a diverse group of voices across the policy spectrum. There remain, however, significant political and substantive reasons to question the viability or advisability of this idea.
Join us for this important discussion featuring:
Thomas Toch, Co-director, Education Sector
Kevin Carey, Research and Policy Manager, Education Sector (as moderator)
Michael Dannenberg, Director of Education Policy, The New America Foundation
Michael Greve, John G. Searle Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Deborah Meier, Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Steinhard School of New York University
Michael Petrilli, Vice President for National Programs, The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Lauren Resnick, Director, Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh
WHEN:
Friday, March 10, 2006, 9:30 to 11:00 AM
(Registration and refreshments starting at 9:00 AM.)
WHERE:
Holeman Lounge, National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
13th Floor
Washington,
(closest metro stop is Metro Center)
*Media inquiries contact Molly Chapman Norton, mnorton@educationsector.org. All other inquiries contact Renée Rybak, rrybak@educationsector.org.
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