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April 2026

  • The Wright Hire: What Maryland's Decision Tells Us About Literacy Reform

    April 7, 2026 by Esther Quintero

    When Maryland recruited Dr. Carey Wright to lead its public school system, the choice was striking on its face: a strongly Democratic state turning to the architect of literacy reforms from a deeply Republican one.

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  • The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (Eighth 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.

  • What Would Bayard Rustin Do? by Eric Chenoweth

    Eric Chenoweth is director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe and principal author of Democracy Web, an online comparative study guide for teachers, students and civic activists. He worked with Bayard Rustin in various capacities in the late 1970s and 1980s.

  • The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (Seventh 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.

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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.

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