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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.
Research and Reports
Book Chapters
The Pros and Cons of Charter School Closures
Chapter from A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2005, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington
- Author:
- Andrew J. Rotherham
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- Educational Choice and Charter Schools
The event crystallized real concerns about charter school oversight and accountability and lingering suspicions about the small percentage of charter schools that are under private sector management. One did not have to be a charter opponent to be outraged by the plight of the students and parents whose lives were suddenly turned upside down because of obvious malfeasance. The story of how this failure came about (and how local school districts and charter schools coped with it) illuminates the question of how such failures might be prevented and, when they occur, their effects mitigated.
Please download the full chapter from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (PDF file).