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Can Separate Be Equal? The Overlooked Flaw at the Center of No Child Left Behind
Richard D. Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation, 4/23/2004
America's Untapped Resource
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Century Foundation Press, 1/14/2004
Public School Choice vs. Private School Vouchers
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Century Foundation Press, 9/24/2003
Divided We Fail: Coming Together through Public School Choice
The Century Foundation, Century Foundation Press, 9/18/2002
All Together Now
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Brookings Institution Press, 2/15/2001
A Notion at Risk
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Century Foundation Press, 9/15/2000
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Book Talk and Breakfast
The Century Foundation & The Committee for Economic Development - 11/27/2007
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). 
Roundtable Discussion on Albert Shanker's Legacy
The Century Foundation - 9/6/2007
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. 
Math Lessons: How to Make New Funds Count for New York City Public Schools
The Century Foundation - 2/28/2007
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. 
The Growing Educational Divide
Demos - 1/10/2006
TCF's Richard Kahlenberg joins Robert Jackson for a discussion of increasing economic segregation in education. 
Race, Class, and Higher Education
The Century Foundation - 8/10/2005
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.  
Charter Schools: Are They Working?
The Century Foundation - 10/27/2004
Taking stock of the recent evidence and debate about charter schools and their effectiveness. 
Unfinished Business: Keeping the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
The Century Foundation, The Center for American Progress, Institute for Educational Leadership - 5/10/2004
Leading experts present effective strategies for fulfilling the promise of Brown on the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark decision.  
The Coming Debate over Equity in Higher Education
The Century Foundation - 1/14/2004
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) 
School Vouchers in DC and Beyond: Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives
The Century Foundation - 9/25/2003
Panel discussion of implications of current vouchers legislation and release of new Century Foundation volume, Public School Choice vs. Private School Vouchers. 
Should Race Count? A Policy Discussion on the Future of Affirmative Action
The Century Foundation - 3/31/2003
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. 
The Next Battle in the Voucher Wars: Alternatives for Public School reform
The Century Foundation - 10/18/2002
Part of the Policy in Perspective series. 
Common School Task Force Report
The Century Foundation - 9/18/2002
Task force members discuss their recommendations and explain why integration through public school choice is more promising than current strategies, like testing and vouchers.  
Public School Choice and Integration
The Century Foundation - 2/22/2001
President Bush's education plan, including its call for private school vouchers, has spawned two major responses from voucher opponents.  
Progressive Alternatives to School Vouchers
The Century Foundation - 9/27/1999
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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