Jeffrey C. Isaac

Jeffrey C. Isaac is the James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. Professor Isaac was Editor in Chief of Perspectives on Politics, a flagship journal of the American Political Science Association, from 2009-2017, and is author of #AgainstTrump: Notes from Year One (2018). He has published in a range of public intellectual venues, including Public Seminar, Common Dreams, Dissent, The Nation, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Guardian.

Authored Blog Posts

Title	Authored on
Classrooms and Class Struggle at Indiana University: Graduate Student Workers Seek Recognition, Administration Refuses	Apr 12, 2022
Putin’s War On Ukraine Is A War On Academic Freedom (And An Occasion For Solidarity In Its Defense)	Mar 23, 2022
Russian Teachers Fight Against Putin's War And For Democracy	Mar 08, 2022

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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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Our Mission

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.