Eric Chenoweth

Eric Chenoweth is co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE). He is also principal author of Democracy Web, a civics education curricular resource project of the Albert Shanker Institute.

Authored Blog Posts

Title	Authored on
AFT Solidarity with Ukraine	Nov 02, 2022
Putin Won. Will He Again?	Oct 22, 2020
Can It Happen Here? Donald Trump And The Fracturing Of America's Constitutional Order	Jun 29, 2020
Russia-gate Still Matters	Nov 11, 2019
A Mouse Gives Birth To A Mountain: What The Mueller Report Tells Us	May 22, 2019
Can American Democracy Survive?	Nov 05, 2018
The Authoritarian Challenge: The Concordance Between Trump And Putin	Sep 22, 2017
Democracy's Champion	Mar 03, 2017
Trump And The Authoritarian Temptation	Jul 05, 2016
Can Solidarity Rebound?	Nov 06, 2013

Recent Blog Posts

Publications

The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (Fifth Edition)
A national evaluation of the K-12 school finance systems of all 50 states and D.C., published by researchers from the Albert Shanker Institute, University of Miami, and Rutgers Graduate School of Education.
Constitution Day 2022 Resources and Blog Series
As we recognize Constitution Day this year, so much is stake—our institutions, our rights and our ability to teach. So the Albert Shanker Institute and Share My Lesson are launching a series of teach-ins to provide content knowledge on the rights granted in the Constitution, with teachable strategies for the classroom.
Ensuring Adequate Education Funding For All: A New Federal Foundation Aid Formula
A proposal for and simulation of a new "foundation formula" approach to federal K-12 funding, one in which federal funds are allocated based not only on student need (as is currently the case), but also on “effort”—that is, whether states contribute a reasonable minimum "fair share" of their economies to their public schools.

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The Albert Shanker Institute, endowed by the American Federation of Teachers and named in honor of its late president, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to three themes - excellence in public education, unions as advocates for quality, and freedom of association in the public life of democracies. With an independent Board of Directors (composed of educators, business representatives, labor leaders, academics, and public policy analysts), its mission is to generate ideas, foster candid exchanges, and promote constructive policy proposals related to these issues.

This blog offers informal commentary on the research, news, and controversies related to the work of the Institute.