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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.
Profiles
Alumni (former staff & interns)
Abdul Kargbo
- Contact Email:
- akargbo@educationsector.org
- Position:
- Production and Design Coordinator
As production and design coordinator, Kargbo manages document production and graphic design for Education Sector's print products and Web site.
Prior to joining Education Sector, Kargbo was production manager at American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., the publishing arm of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). During his five-year tenure at the APA, he designed and produced scores of medical and scholarly text books, including several bestselling volumes.
Kargbo is actively engaged in his community and has worked on immigrant education and assimilation, as well as anti-trafficking and other social justice issues in the Washington area. He is a certified teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL), has over 10 years of experience teaching ESL, and has taught in the United States and abroad. He is also a member of the board of directors of Liberty's Promise, a local nonprofit that mentors immigrant youth to increase their odds of high school completion, college graduation, and personal and professional success.
Kargbo holds a master's degree in international politics from the University of London and an honor's degree in history from St. Mary's College of Maryland.