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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPlanning for Quality Schools: Meeting the Needs of District Families

David F. Garrison, Marni D. Allen, Margery Austin Turner, Jennifer Comey, Barika X. Williams, Elizabeth Guernsey, Mary Filardo, Nancy Huvendick and Ping Sung, April 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution

The District of Columbia is struggling to attract and retain families with children. Most newcomers are singles and childless couples. The total number of school-age children has declined slightly. Many of the city’s schools suffer from long-standing physical, management and academic problems. The availability of quality public schools, near affordable family-friendly housing, will help determine the city’s success. Read More

Education, Inequality, Transportation, Charter Schools, Washington DC

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Save to My PortfolioAlbert Shanker’s Liberal Legacy

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC

Striking Detroit public school teachers walk the picket line on the first day of school in DetroitRichard 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 Read More

Education, Teachers, Politics, School Choice, School Privatization

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Save to My PortfolioTerry Moe Discussing Schools, Vouchers and the American Public

Thursday, June 07, 2001
10:00 AM to
Washington, DC

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Education, School Vouchers

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioSchools, Vouchers, and the American Public

Terry M. Moe, June 07, 2001

Based on an extensive, nationally representative survey, this book is an effort to not only comprehend where the American people stand on the voucher issue, but to get beneath the surface to find out why people think what they do, and how their under Read More

Education, U.S. Politics, School Vouchers, Politics

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioVouchers and the Provision of Public Services

C. Eugene Steuerle, George Peterson, Robert D. Reischauer and Van Doorn Ooms, June 26, 2000

This volume offers a framework for comparative analysis of specific policy issues related to vouchers. Its 16 essays address the economics, politics, and legal issues of voucher use and explore how vouchers are currently employed in the United States Read More

Education, School Vouchers

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioVouchers and Charter Schools: The Latest Evidence

Thursday, February 24, 2000
10:00 AM to
Washington, DC

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Education, School Vouchers, Charter Schools

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Way Out: School Choice and Educational Opportunity

Joseph P. Viteritti, Fall 1999, The Brookings Institution

Brookings Review article by Joseph P. Viteritti (Fall 1999) Read More

Education, School Vouchers

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA New Era in Urban Education?

Diane Ravitch, August 1998, The Brookings Institution

Policy Brief #35, by Diane Ravitch (August 1998) Read More

Education, Urban and Inner-city Schools, School Vouchers, Charter Schools

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioVouchers for Elementary and Secondary Education

Isabel V. Sawhill and Shannon L. Smith, August 01, 1998, The Brookings Institution

Discussion Papers in Domestic Economics No. 003 Read More

Education, School Vouchers

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioLearning From School Choice

Thursday, July 09, 1998
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC

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Education, School Choice, School Vouchers, Charter Schools

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRace Relations & Central City Schools: It's time for an experiment with vouchers

Jay P. Greene and Paul E. Peterson, Spring 1998, The Brookings Institution

Brookings Review article by Paul E. Peterson and Jay P. Greene (Spring 1998) Read More

Education, School Vouchers

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioStacking the Deck for the Poor: The New Politics of School Choice

Joseph P. Viteritti, Summer 1996, The Brookings Institution

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Education, School Choice, School Vouchers

NEWS RELEASE

Save to My PortfolioRuss Whitehurst Named Director of the Brown Center on Education

October 16, 2008

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. Read More

Education, K-12 Education, Teachers, School Choice, School Privatization

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Tom Loveless

Tom Loveless

Director, Brown Center on Education Policy
The Herman and George R. Brown Chair

Tom Loveless, a former sixth-grade teacher and Harvard public policy professor, is an expert on student achievement, education policy, and reform in K-12 schools. He also is a member of the National Math Advisory Panel.


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