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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.
Issues
Early Childhood Education
Best of Early Childhood Education
Pre-K Movement's Momentum
At a recent Education Sector author talk, David Kirp, author of The Sandbox Investment, and Joan Lombardi, early childhood education expert, discuss the growing importance of the pre-k movement.
Million Dollar Babies: Why Infants Can't be Hardwired for Success
Conventional wisdom that the ages from zero to three are the most important for children's development is based on misinterpretations and misapplications of brain research. The result: negative consequences for parents and public policy.
Minding Young Minds
The "godfather of Head Start" talks about his five decades of work in early childhood education.
More about Early Childhood Education
Research and Reports
Eight for 2008: Education Ideas for the Next President
Education Sector offers eight education ideas for our next president. These are pragmatic solutions to real problems that both parties can support.
Analysis and Perspectives
In a commentary for National Public Radio, Co-director Andrew Rotherham says the next president will have two important tools at his disposal to be successful on education: the power of the podium and the power of the purse.
In The Politico, Andrew J. Rotherham and Richard Whitmire give presidential candidates reasons to care about education.
A New Deal for Urban Public Schools
Andrew Rotherham and Sara Mead outline a "New Deal" for urban education in the Harvard Law and Policy Review.
Sara Mead explains why infants can't be hardwired for success in the Guardian Unlimited.
Laying an Education Foundation
Education Sector's Senior Policy Analyst Sara Mead reviews "Building Blocks: Making Children Successful in the Early Years of School," a new book by former New York Times education writer Gene Maeroff.
Abdul Kargbo reviews The Boys of Baraka, a documentary film about a group of at-risk boys from Baltimore City who are chosen to attend a special all-boys' school in Kenya.
Now It's Time to Work on an Effective Preschool Program
In The Mercury News, Sara Mead explains why the defeat of California's Preschool for All Act is actually the best possible outcome for those seeking to expand access to high-quality preschool.
Universal or Targeted Preschool?
Researchers Steven Barnett and Bruce Fuller debate the merits of universal versus targeted approaches to publicly-funded preschool.
Old Policies, New Ways to Fund Preschool
State policymakers can use state school finance systems and charter school policies to expand access to high-quality preschool.
Profiles
Director, Hechinger Institute on Education & Media