Brookings: Topics - School Privatization

Russ Whitehurst Named Director of the Brown Center on Education

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:26:45 GMT

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst, director of the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education, is joining the Brookings Institution as senior fellow in Governance Studies and director of the Brown Center on Education, Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced.

Albert Shanker’s Liberal Legacy

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT

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October 16, 2007, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Richard Kahlenberg tells the story of the founder of the American Federation of Teachers in his new book. On October 16th, Kahlenberg was joined by Brookings’s E. J. Dionne, Jr. and others for a discussion of Shanker’s legacy

Whittling Away the Public School Monopoly

Mon, 15 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Thomas Toch, Guest Scholar, the Brookings Institution, The Wall Street Journal, November 15, 1999