Albert Shanker Institute

The Albert Shanker Institute (ASI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to three themes: excellence in public 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 issues. Toward these ends, ASI conducts original research, sponsors research, and organizes conferences and conversations in its three theme areas.

Albert Shanker Institute
AbbreviationASI
Formation1998
TypeNonprofit
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., United States
President
Randi Weingarten
Key people
Mary Cathryn Ricker, Executive Director
Revenue (2014)
$1,229,193[1]
Expenses (2014)$1,589,449[1]
Websitewww.shankerinstitute.org

The Institute was founded in 1998 and is named for Albert Shanker, the late president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).[2] It is funded in part by the AFT and in part by an endowment, and is housed at the AFT headquarters in Washington, D.C.

ASI has a five-member staff, and is led by an independent Board of Directors composed of educators, business representatives, labor leaders, academics, and public policy analysts. The Board also includes AFT president Randi Weingarten (who also serves as ASI's president) and AFT secretary-treasurer Fedrick Ingram (who is also ASI's secretary-treasurer). Mary Cathryn Ricker is the Institute's current Executive Director. Previous Executive Directors were Leo Casey and Eugenia Kemble.

In September 2013, the Shanker Institute and the National Black Justice Coalition announced they were jointly sponsoring a new Bayard Rustin Fellowship. The fellowship will be hosted by the Shanker Institute, and will encourage the advocacy, policy development, and research in three areas:

  1. elimination of discrimination and bullying against students;
  2. educational programs that encourage tolerance and respect for socio-economic differences; and
  3. the full integration of American schools.[3]

References
  1. "The Albert Shanker Institute" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. Kahlenberg, Richard D. (2007). Tough liberal : Albert Shanker and the battles over schools, unions, race, and democracy. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-50909-1. OCLC 608207239.
  3. "Rustin Fellowship to fund LGBT research". 4 September 2013.

Further reading
  • "Democracy: Teach It." American Teacher. November 2003.
  • Jusko, Jill. "Dangerous Disconnect." Industry Week. July 1, 2004.
  • "News and Notes." Journal of Democracy. 13:3 (July 2002).
  • "1998 Biennial AFT Convention Highlights." Education Exchange. 2:8 (August 1998).
  • "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.
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