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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
Education and the Economy/Competitiveness
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Analysis and Perspectives
Where Education Is a Matter of Prestige
Education Sector's Abdul Kargbo reflects on his contrasting schooling experiences in Sierra Leone, one of the world's poorest countries, and the United States, one of the richest.
NCLB and the Competitiveness Agenda
In Phi Delta Kappan, Education Sector Co-director Andrew J. Rotherham and Nonresident Senior Fellow Frederick M. Hess contemplate whether the Bush administration's American Competitiveness Initiative is the perfect complement to NCLB's equity focus.
Expand the Pool of America's Future Scientists
In The Christian Science Monitor, Andrew J. Rotherham and Kevin Carey argue public schools must improve in order to engage more minority students in the sciences.
Education Reform Lessons from England
Sir Michael Barber, a leading architect of England's education reform agenda in the past decade, talks about the challenges of school reform, No Child Left Behind, teachers unions, and how education policy compares to health policy.