As we mark the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the promise of that historic decision remains unfulfilled. Watch the Conversation.
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Educational Justice and the Integration of American Schools
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Governing American Education: The Elusive Public in Public Education
Written on February 4, 2015READ MOREThe American ideal of “public education” has historically included a robust and complex conception of what it meant for education to be “public.” -
American Education in Global Perspective
Written on February 4, 2015READ MORESince the 1995 introduction of the TIMSS studies and the 2000 start of the PISA assessments, much ink has been spilled on where U.S. students stand vis-à-vis their international counterparts -
Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education Conversation Series, 2013-2014
Written on February 4, 2015READ MORECo-sponsored with the American Federation of Teachers and held the second Wednesday of every month during the school year, this series is designed to engender lively and informative conversations on important educational issues. We deliberately invites speakers with diverse perspectives, including views other than those of the AFT and the Albert Shanker Institute. What is important is that these participants are committed to genuine engagement with each other. Watch the Conversation videos.
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Is There A Pension Crisis?
Written on January 30, 2015READ MOREElected officials seeking to diminish the pensions of public sector employees have argued that they are responding to a fiscal crisis. Is this crisis real or contrived? March 11, noon-2. -
The Affordability Crisis: Rescuing the Dream of College Education for the Working-Class and Poor
Written on October 29, 2014READ MORESpeakers: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Beth Huang, Zakiya Smith; Moderator: Mary Cathryn Ricker. Watch the video.
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A New Social Compact for American Education: Fixing Our Broken Accountability System
Written on September 10, 2014READ MORETwelve years after the passage of No Child Left Behind and five years into Race to the Top, America finds itself in a ‘test and punish’ system of school accountability that poorly serves the nation and its students. Watch the Conversation.
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Disrupting the Prison Pipeline
Written on January 8, 2014READ MOREHow do we ensure that our schools become vehicles for escaping poverty and constructing meaningful, productive lives as democratic citizens, and not the starting point of an institutional arrangement that ends in mass incarceration? -
Early Childhood Education: The Word Gap & The Common Core
Written on December 11, 2013READ MOREDo the Common Core State Standards represent a threat or an opportunity for the early childhood field? -
Conversation on Civic Education
Written on May 2, 2010READ MOREIn May 2010, ASI gathered together a remarkable group of researchers, policymakers, journalists and other leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., on May 3 for a thoughtful, in-depth, off-the-record discussion on the role of civic education in the United States.
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