Albert Shanker Institute

Albert Shanker Institute

The Albert Shanker Institute is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to advancing democratic ideals, improving the quality of public education, and conducting research into the labor movement and the sociology of work. The foundation sponsors research, holds roundtable discussions, and publishes various reports (on paper and online).

The Institute is named for Albert Shanker, the late president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).

The Institute has a three-member staff, and is governed by a 22-member foundation (six of whom are AFT elected leaders, including AFT president Edward J. McElroy, AFT secretary-treasurer Nat LaCour and AFT executive vice president Antonia Cortese). The Institute is funded in part by the AFT and in part by an endowment, and is housed at the AFT headquarters in Washington, D.C.

References

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*"News and Notes." "Journal of Democracy." 13:3 (July 2002).
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* [http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/09/09/schools.democracy.ap/index.html "Report Says Schools Are Unfair to America." CNN. September 9, 2003.] Accessed Jan. 23, 2007.
*"Two Studies By Albert Shanker Institute Examine Unionism, Professionals," "UUP Voice." March 2001.
*Viadero, Debra. "Research on Discipline Not Reaching Schools, Experts Say." "Education Week."November 6, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.shankerinstitute.org/ Albert Shanker Institute]


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