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Adding Rooms to the 'House of Labor '

The AFL-CIO is often called the House of Labor.
Building a Broader Union

Albert Shanker could see common threads among professional workers of every stripe.
Bridging the Worlds of Labor and Civil Rights

As the child of immigrants and the only Jewish family in a Queens, N.Y., neighborhood of mostly Irish and Italian househo
Fighting for Freedom Around the World

Soon after President Ronald Reagan crushed the air traffic controllers union, PATCO, in the early 1980s, a group of visit
Collective Bargaining: Laying the Foundation

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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.

Resources

Adding Rooms to the 'House of Labor '

Building a Broader Union

Bridging the Worlds of Labor and Civil Rights

Fighting for Freedom Around the World

Collective Bargaining: Laying the Foundation