Published by The Brookings Institution Press, February 21, 2001
This provocative book asks a simple question: Since we know that middle class schools tend to work best, why not give every child in America the opportunity to attend a public school in which the majority of students come from middle class households? Economically integrated schools, the author argues, will do far more to promote achievement and equal opportunity than vouchers, standards, class size reduction, or any of the other leading education proposals on the left and right that seek to make "separate but equal" schools work. Building on two recent education trends—the decline in racial desegregation as a legal tool and the movement toward greater public school choice—All Together Now provides a blueprint for creating schools that educate children from various backgrounds under one roof. Concurring with the concerns of voucher proponents about the unfairness of trapping poor kids in failing schools, the book provides a practical, viable, and legally sound plan for promoting economic and racial integration among public schools.
June 10, 2013
The bestselling author who correctly predicted the 2008 financial crash now projects an impending boom in the U.S. economy, due mostly to energy innovations that will reindustrialize America and provide millions of [...]
Published by Simon & Schuster, June 10, 2013
From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through [...]
By Janne E. Nolan
Published by The Century Foundation Press, June 7, 2013
Why does the most highly advanced industrial country, commanding unparalleled access to vast sources of global intelligence and information, seem to so often miscalculate the realities and risks of its foreign interventions? [...]
By The Century Foundation Task Force on Preventing Community Colleges from Becoming Separate and Unequal
Published by The Century Foundation Press, May 23, 2013
Two-year colleges have opened the doors of higher education for low-income and working-class students as never before, and yet, community colleges often lack the resources to provide the conditions for student success. [...]