Shanker Institute Staff

Authored Blog Posts

Title	Authored on
Where Al Shanker Stood: Verbal Ability As The Key To Learning	Apr 30, 2015
Where Al Shanker Stood: Quick Fixes In Education	Oct 21, 2014
Where Al Shanker Stood: Democracy In Public Education	Jul 21, 2014
Learning From The 1963 March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom	Aug 28, 2013
New Books For The Youngest Victims Of Hurricane Sandy	Nov 05, 2012
Jobs, Freedom And Mr. March On Washington	Aug 28, 2012
New Policy Brief: The Evidence On Charter Schools And Test Scores	Dec 14, 2011
Labor In High School Textbooks: Bias, Neglect And Invisibility	Sep 06, 2011
What Makes A Union Successful?	Sep 05, 2011
New Teaching Resource Highlights Voices Of Leading Pro-Democracy Muslims	Jun 24, 2011

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Publications

The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (Sixth 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.
Reading Reform Across America: A Survey of State Legislation
This report authored by Susan B. Neuman (New York University), Esther Quintero (Albert Shanker Institute), and Kayla Reist (University of Virginia), examines reading-related state legislation enacted between 2019 and 2022.
The Source Code: Revenue Composition and the Adequacy, Equity, and Stability of K-12 School Spending
A national analysis of the relationship between K-12 revenue composition—that is, the percentage of funding that comes from state versus local sources—and the adequacy, equity, and stability of school spending.

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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.