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Events

  • A New Presidency in the Philippines, the Continued Fight for Democracy, and Labor’s Work

    June 21, 2022

    Watch this special Shanker Conversation exploring the intersection of democracy and the labor movement with an international perspective, featuring Annie Enriquez Geron, General Secretary of Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK), Philippines; Randi Weingarten, President American Federation of Teachers and Albert Shanker Institute Board of Directors; Brian Atwood, Visiting Fellow, Brown University’s Thomas Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; and Jessica Tang, President, Boston Teachers Union; member, Board of Directors, Albert Shanker Institute; Co-Chair, AFT’s AAPI Task Force.


    Watch the panel.

  • Segregation and School Funding: How Housing Discrimination Reproduces Unequal Opportunity

    June 1, 2022

    Watch the discussion about the historical and contemporary relationship between racial segregation and K-12 school funding based on the Institute's new report HERE.

  • Educating for Democratic Citizenship Conference

    April 26, 2022

    Join the Shanker Institute, the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University and Share My Lesson for a virtual three-day conference on April 26, 28, and 30 on Educating for Democratic Citizenship. Participants will be eligible for professional development recertification credit.More information and Registration.

  • Working for the Common Good at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

    April 1, 2022

    National Union Presidents Mark Dimondstein, President, American Postal Workers Union; Christopher Shelton, President, Communication Workers of America; and Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers discussed their common good victories in the courts, in the legislature and at the bargaining table. Other prominent labor leaders from the public and private sectors discussed additional ways unions and their allies can work together on advancing an agenda focused on the common good.
    Watch the sessions..

  • Literacy: Systems Matter. An Infrastructure Approach To Reading Achievement

    March 21, 2022

    Watch a discussion highlighting the importance of a reading infrastructure to create the conditions for effective, science-based reading instruction here.

  • Countering Misinformation in the Classroom: A Media Literacy Discussion with Randi Weingarten and NewsGuard

    March 3, 2022

    In this Q & A style session, AFT President Randi Weingarten and Steven Brill, veteran journalist and co-founder of NewsGuard, discussed the misinformation trends NewsGuard’s analysts are encountering in the field, and the tactics educators can employ in their classrooms to counter these trends. Watch the video.

  • Why Voting Rights Matter for People with Disabilities

    December 8, 2021

    U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and a distinguished group of experts discussed the threat to voting rights and why it is critical to protect them, especially for people with disabilities, and what Congress is considering doing to protect voting rights for all Americans.  Watch the video and read the related blog series.

  • RE-UNION A Book Discussion About Sectoral Bargaining

    May 26, 2021

    Book discussion on sectoral bargaining with David Madland, author, RE-UNION: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize and Reunite the United States; Larry Cohen, former President, Communication Workers of America; Lynn Rhinehart, senior fellow, Economic Policy Institute; and César F. Rosado Marzán, professor,University of Iowa College of Law. Watch the video.
  • Breaking Barriers: A Conversation with Stan Litow and Randi Weingarten

    May 20, 2021

    Conversation with Stan Litow, author of Breaking Barriers, and Randi Weingarten president of the American Federation of Teachers. Watch the video.
  • "Mutualism" Book Discussion with Sara Horowitz and Randi Weingarten

    March 9, 2021

    Discussion of "Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground UP" with author Sara Horowitz and Randi Weingarten, Watch the videon..

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Publications

  • Segregation and School Funding: How Housing Discrimination Reproduces Unequal Opportunity

    A descriptive analysis of the historical and contemporary relationship between racial segregation and K-12 school funding.

  • Voting Rights and Disability Rights Blog Series
    This blog series builds on an event ASI co-sponsored with The Century Foundation where U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and a distinguished group of experts discussed the threat to voting rights and why it is critical to protect them, especially for people with disabilities, and what Congress is considering doing to protect voting rights for all Americans.
  • The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (fourth 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 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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