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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.
Forty-seven states have unfunded pension liabilities, and collectively the gap between what states owe to current and future retirees and what they have saved totals almost $500 billion. But the problems with teacher pensions are not just financial, and they do not just affect individual teachers and retirees, argue Chad Aldeman and Andrew J. Rotherham in this new Education Sector report. The way pension plans are structured can negatively influence the teaching work force as a whole, they say.
In his latest column for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Kevin Carey explains the nature of for-profit colleges and the challenges policymakers face when regulating them.
K-12 Accountability Systems/NCLBCommunications Manager Kris Amundson argues the time is right to step up education standards in Virginia. Endorsing the Common Core may be the first step, she says.
Undergraduate EducationIn the May 2010 edition of Career College Central, a trade publication for for-profit institutions, Senior Policy Analyst Erin Dillon and Editor Robin Smiles share specific strategies that these schools can take to help their students avoid default.
K-12 Accountability Systems/NCLBRace to the Top was successful at spurring state education reforms. What's next? Policy Analyst Chad Aldeman outlines one possibility for keeping the momentum.
Undergraduate EducationIn his latest Chronicle column, Kevin Carey explores institutional branding in higher education. There needs to be a better way of signaling quality in the higher education market, he argues.
The National Center for Academic Transformation has helped a number of colleges redesign courses to both improve student learning and save costs. With higher education facing its worst fiscal environment in a generation, it would seem that all institutions would adopt these proven reforms. But this is not the case. In this new report, Policy Analyst Ben Miller highlights successful redesign models as well as the barriers to innovation in higher education.
K-12 Accountability Systems/NCLBThe Obama administration has made "turnaround" a major priority—vowing to fundamentally restructure and reshape the nation's lowest-performing schools. In this Education Sector report, Senior Policy Analyst Rob Manwaring examines what happens after states identify schools as low-performing. He documents how few states and districts use the tools provided to them by NCLB and what policy changes must be made in order to address the administration's challenge.
Undergraduate EducationThis report from Education Sector's Kevin Carey, along with AEI's Mark Schneider, and Andrew P. Kelly, reveals that far too many four-year colleges and universities graduate less than half of their Hispanic students.
Teacher QualityDespite increasing attention to contract reform, the public often has no idea what a typical teachers contract looks like. This interactive Education Sector explainer offers a side-by-side comparison of common provisions found in contracts and highlights the differences and similarities between two contracts on key dimensions, including teacher pay, evaluation, and transfers.
Education Sector and Washington Monthly are teaming up to host a live event to highlight the release of the magazine's annual "College Guide."
Finding the Link: Teacher Evaluation and Professional DevelopmentWatch the full video of this event! On June 30, 2010, Education Sector hosted a panel discussion on emerging strategies to link teacher evaluation and professional development.
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