Publications
Can Philanthropy Fix Our Schools? Appraising Walter Annenberg's $500 Million Gift to Public Education
Carol Innerst , Alexander Russo , Raymond Domanico / April 1, 2000
According to this new study, Ambassador Annenberg's gift has left only small footprints on the urban school systems it set out to reform. Good intentions and a generous checkbook were not enough to transform troubled urban schools. This report includes case studies of New York (by Raymond Domanico), Chicago (by Alexander Russo) and Philadelphia (by Carol Innerst) and an afterword by Chester E.Finn Jr. and Marci Kanstoroom.
Strange Brew: Minnesota's Motley Mix of School Reforms
Mitchell B. Pearlstein / January 1, 2000
Minnesota was the first state to embrace many important education reforms, from statewide open enrollment to charter schools to tax credits for parents paying certain education expenses. This report, written by Dr. Mitchell Pearlstein, President of the Minneapolis-based Center of the American Experiment, tells the stories behind Minnesota's unique policy experiences. What lay behind Minnesota's worthy innovations? Who was responsible for the bad ideas? Mitch's short answer: governors were behind most of the proposals that expanded education choice, while the flawed policies emerged from the state's education bureaucracy.
Remediation in Higher Education: A Symposium
Robert M. Costrell , David H. Ponitz , Laurence Steinberg , David W. Breneman , William N. Haarlow / July 1, 1998
Is remediation in additional-topics providing a valuable service to society? Or does it amount to paying for someone's education twice? Read competing views of the issue in this rare Fordham look at the higher-education system.
Education and the Future of Citizenship
Michael J. Petrilli , Gregg Vanourek / July 1, 1998
American Outlook
