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Sector Spotlight
For Release: Waiting to Be Won Over
Education Sector report examines teachers' opinions on their evolving profession, teachers unions, and a range of current district reforms.
Job Opening: Senior Policy Analyst
Education Sector seeks a senior policy analyst to lead one of our key initiatives: a multiyear, multimillion-dollar project to explore and identify strategies to increase the effectiveness of current and future K–12 accountability systems.
"Graduation Rate Watch" in the News
Read news coverage of our latest report about college graduation gaps among minority students.
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Media Room
Welcome to Education Sector's Media Room. Here you can find news about Education Sector and our full collection of press releases for our products, events and announcements.
Education Sector in the News
"Graduation Rate Watch" in the News
April 23, 2008
Read news coverage of our latest report about college graduation gaps among minority students.
Failing Schools Showed Progress With Most of the Same Teachers
April 4, 2008
Education Week's Bess Keller reports on Chattanooga's Benwood Initiative, the topic of a new report from Education Sector.
Study Calls State of U.S. Education into Question
April 1, 2008
NPR's Tell Me More interviews Education Sector Co-director Andrew J. Rotherham about a new pilot program to relax NCLB's provisions for some states.
Five Questions for Andrew J. Rotherham
April 1, 2008
In the American School Board Journal, Education Sector's Andrew J. Rotherham talks about forging better relations with unions.
A Catalyst for High School Reform
March 20, 2008
In the Fordham Foundation's Gadfly, Bill Tucker writes about virtual schooling and its link to high school reform.
Education Sector Press Releases
For Release: Waiting to Be Won Over
May 7, 2008
Education Sector report examines teachers' opinions on their evolving profession, teachers unions, and a range of current district reforms.
For Release: Graduation Rate Watch
April 21, 2008
Education Sector report examines the disparities in college graduation rates between white students and black students.
For Release: The Benwood Plan: A Lesson in Comprehensive Teacher Reform
April 7, 2008
Education Sector report examines lessons learned from Chattanooga's Benwood Initiative.
Education Sector's Board of Directors Names Three New Members
February 29, 2008
Education Sector's board of directors has named prominent education leaders Floretta Dukes McKenzie, Hosanna Mahaley Johnson, and Margaret (Macke) Raymond to the board.
For Release: Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education
January 29, 2008
New Education Sector report examines the causes and consequences of the crisis in teacher evaluation, as well as its implications for the current national debate about performance pay for teachers.