The Albert Shanker Institute, named in honor of the late president of the American Federation of Teachers, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to three themes—children's education, unions as advocates for quality, and freedom of association in the public life of democracies. Its mission is to generate ideas, foster candid exchanges, and promote constructive policy proposals related to these themes.
 

Report Shows Benefits of Rich Pre-K Curriculum

As the Obama administration turns its attention to expanding access to quality preschool education, a new Shanker Institute report shows that the efficacy of preschool programs, both in stimulating children’s cognitive development and effectively reducing the achievement gap, can be significantly improved if programs are aligned with new research about how children learn in the academic areas of oral language, literacy, math, and science.

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SHANKER INSTITUTE UPDATE

NEW: SHANKER UPDATE
No. 16, Summer 2009

 

 

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Albert Shanker Institute Board Calls for Changes in Race to the Top Regs
The Institute Board of Directors in submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education on the Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative warned that the proposed RTTT regulations were pressing states and localities to "jumpstart a set of unproven and burdensome" approaches to education reform and called for "hearings and systematic Congressional review by expert witnesses and practitioners." Read full text.  Read additional comments here. (The Shanker Institute solicited comments on the RTTT regs comments from these researchers, although we cannot be sure in all cases that their comments are a result of our efforts.)

 

 

 


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