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| Book Talk and Breakfast
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The Century Foundation & The Committee for Economic Development
- 11/27/2007
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The Committee for Economic Development (CED) in partnership with The Century Foundation cordially invites you to attend a breakfast discussion on Richard Kahlenberg’s new book, "Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy". The discussion will take place on November 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the East Side Marriott in New York City (525 Lexington Avenue, at 49th Street).
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| Roundtable Discussion on Albert Shanker's Legacy
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The Century Foundation
- 9/6/2007
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Albert Shanker was a legendary and controversial leader of New York
City's United Federation of Teachers (UFT) from 1964-1986 and the American
Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 1974-1997. Richard Kahlenberg's book, Tough Liberal,
which provides the first complete narrative of Shanker's life, raises a
number of questions for contemporary debates over education, labor, civil
rights, and the future of liberalism.
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| Math Lessons: How to Make New Funds Count for New York City Public Schools
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The Century Foundation
- 2/28/2007
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Governor Spitzer's proposal to increase spending on education for New York City has sparked debate over how much the city should get for schools and how that money should be used. Panel participants will discuss these issues and look across the Hudson to determine what lessons can be learned from New Jersey's longstanding implementation of school finance litigation.
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| The Growing Educational Divide
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Demos
- 1/10/2006
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TCF's Richard Kahlenberg joins Robert Jackson for a discussion of increasing economic segregation in education.
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| Race, Class, and Higher Education
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The Century Foundation
- 8/10/2005
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The Summer Policy Lunch Forum Series is a brown bag lunch forum for young people working and studying in New York to talk about politics and important public policy issues with experts and advocates.
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| Charter Schools: Are They Working?
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The Century Foundation
- 10/27/2004
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Taking stock of the recent evidence and debate about charter schools and their effectiveness.
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| Unfinished Business: Keeping the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
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The Century Foundation, The Center for American Progress, Institute for Educational Leadership
- 5/10/2004
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Leading experts present effective strategies for fulfilling the promise of Brown on the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark decision.
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| The Coming Debate over Equity in Higher Education
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The Century Foundation
- 1/14/2004
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Marking the release of a new volume from The Century Foundation: America's Untapped Resource: Low-Income Students in Higher Education Richard D. Kahlenberg (editor)
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| School Vouchers in DC and Beyond: Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives
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The Century Foundation
- 9/25/2003
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Panel discussion of implications of current vouchers legislation and release of new Century Foundation volume, Public School Choice vs. Private School Vouchers.
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| Should Race Count? A Policy Discussion on the Future of Affirmative Action
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The Century Foundation
- 3/31/2003
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A discussion on the future of affirmative action exploring the effects of race-neutral alternatives to such policies at the nation’s most selective colleges.
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| The Next Battle in the Voucher Wars: Alternatives for Public School reform
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The Century Foundation
- 10/18/2002
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Part of the Policy in Perspective series.
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| Common School Task Force Report
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The Century Foundation
- 9/18/2002
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Task force members discuss their recommendations and explain why integration through public school choice is more promising than current strategies, like testing and vouchers.
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| Public School Choice and Integration
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The Century Foundation
- 2/22/2001
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President Bush's education plan, including its call for private school vouchers, has spawned two major responses from voucher opponents.
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| Progressive Alternatives to School Vouchers
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The Century Foundation
- 9/27/1999
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Three of the communities most opposed to vouchers -- civil rights groups, civil liberties groups, and teachers unions -- respond to supporters' claims.
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