Victoria Thomas

Administration

Victoria Thomas has extensive experience with non-profit and human rights organizations. Prior to coming to the Shanker Institute she worked for Freedom House, and the Foundation for Democratic Education, the Center for a Free Cuba. She has a B.A. in government from the College of William and Mary and a M.P.A. in public administration from George Washington University. She has several rescued cats and one dog (who somehow snuck in). She is on the board of the Montgomery County Partnership for Animal Welfare (MCPAW) and the Montgomery County Community Cat Coalition, and in 2012 she was named Volunteer of the Year for the Montgomery County Humane Society. She volunteers in the cat rooms at the Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center and for the Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County..

Authored Blog Posts

Title	Authored on
Brown v Board of Education Anniversary Blog Series	May 11, 2023
A Special Message from the Shanker Institute	May 27, 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.