The University of Illinois has released documents relating to the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, the nonprofit education support group that in the 1990s was co-founded by education professor William Ayers and chaired…
Rick Cohen, of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, released a report earlier this month analyzing the role of conservative foundations in the “school privatization movement.” Though the…
Christopher DeMuth has announced that he will retire as president of the American Enterprise Institute in 2008. DeMuth became president in 1986. Under his leadership AEI’s budget grew from $7.7 million…
Over the years Capital Research Center’s best-selling book has been “Classical Education” by Gene Veith and Andrew Kern. Their book is an overview of the movement to introduce a “Great Books”-style…
Last week was the debut of a new blog from the new Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP). Already it has tackled a number of interesting issues.
Jennifer Medina reports in the New York Times today that New York City’s public school system is this year’s winner of the annual Broad Prize. The prize, awarded each…
A new nonprofit representing the interests of higher education donors, who give $28 billion annually to colleges and universities, has been born. The Indianapolis-based Center for Excellence in Higher Education, headed…