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Center on Education Policy
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| Center on Education Policy | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Top official: | Maria Voles Ferguson, Executive director |
| Founder(s): | Jack Jennings |
| Year founded: | 1995 |
| Budget | |
| 2012: | $262,731 |
| 2011: | $1,345,110 |
| 2010: | $1,593,417 |
The Center on Education Policy is an education advocacy group founded by Jack Jennings in 1995. This 501(c)(3) organization maintains an office in Washington, D.C.[1][2]
Mission
The website for the Center on Education Policy lists the following mission statement:[1]
| “ | The Center on Education Policy is a national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools. The Center helps Americans better understand the role of public education in a democracy and the need to improve the academic quality of public schools. We do not represent any special interests. Instead, we try to help citizens make sense of the conflicting opinions and perceptions about public education and create the conditions that will lead to better public schools.[3] | ” |
Work
The Center on Education Policy is focused on improving public schools throughout the United States. They aim to achieve these goals "by producing publications, convening meetings, making presentations, and, upon request, providing expert advice."[4] Ed Week noted that the group chiefly engages policy issues through public discussions of public education, saying that the group has convened "forums on the No Child Left Behind Act, community forums on public education, and conferences on virtual schools, social promotion and other policy issues. CEP also provides technical assistance to the states for their school improvement efforts."[5]
Much of their research from 2015 focused on testing, including a report on the effects of the government on testing and what impacts the Common Core State Standards Initiative would have on testing. The group also works to bridge policy and classroom activity through its research. They have published a number of reports on the use of policy research for everyday teacher duties.[6]
Leadership
The website for the Center on Education Policy lists the following individuals as members of the organization's advisory board:[7]
- Virginia Edwards
- Robin Willner
- Joseph Aguerrebere
- Bill Bushaw
- Angela Covert
- Jack Jennings, Founder
- Michael J. Feuer
- Maxine Freund
- Arturo Pacheco, Ph.D.
- Marla Ucelli-Kashyap
The website for the Center on Education Policy lists the following individuals as members of the organization's staff:[8]
- Maria Voles Ferguson, Executive director
- Diane Stark Rentner, Deputy director
- Jennifer R. McMurrer, Director of research
- Matthew O. Frizzell, Research associate
- Nancy Kober, Editor
- Susie Pamudji, Office manager
- Jack Jennings, Founder
Finances
The following is a breakdown of the Center on Education Policy's revenues and expenses for the 2010 to 2012 fiscal years:
| Annual revenue and expenses for the Center on Education Policy, 2010–2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tax Year | Total Revenue | Total Expenses |
| 2012[9] | $106,886 | $262,731 |
| 2011[10] | $950,897 | $1,345,110 |
| 2010[11] | $1,368,125 | $1,593,417 |
The group has also received a number of grants from the Lumina Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The following table details the grants received from these organizations.
| Foundation Donations to Center on Education Policy, 2002–2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | Year | Donation |
| Gates Foundation | 2002 | $55,000[12] |
| 2003 | $488,940[13] | |
| 2006 | $418,918[14] | |
| 2008 | $544,700[15] | |
| 2009 | $1,047,928[16] | |
| Lumina Foundation | 2010 | $150,000[17] |
| 2012 | $200,000[18] | |
| MacArthur Foundation | 2006 | $750,000[19] |
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Center on Education Policy, "About The Center on Education Policy," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Center on Education Policy, "Contact The Center on Education Policy," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Center on Education Policy, "CEP Activities," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Ed Week, "Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Center on Education Policy, "2015 Publications," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Center on Education Policy, "Advisory Board," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Center on Education Policy, "Staff and Founder," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ GuideStar, "The Center on Education Policy IRS Form 990 (2013)," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Guidestar, "The Center on Education Policy IRS Form 990 (2012)," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Guidestar, "The Center on Education Policy IRS Form 990 (2011)," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ 'Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Lumina Foundation, Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Lumina Foundation, Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ MacArthur Foundation, "Center on Education Policy," accessed January 26, 2016
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