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Education Policy Center

We aim to give students a voice in education reform by engaging them within the local and national education systems and empowering them to not only conduct research, but also to reflect on and share their personal experiences with education.

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    community education, community engagement, participatory democracy
    Participatory Budgeting
    April 14, 2011
    First developed in Brazil, Participatory Budgeting (PB) has spread throughout Latin America and has been implemented in over 1,000 municipalities worldwide. But it has only recently arrived in the US—in Chicago’s 49th Ward. Chicago Alderman Joe Moore, named the “Most Valuable Local Official” in the country by The...
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  • The False Choice of School Choice
    September 22, 2011
    School choice has been heralded as a silver bullet in education reform, a means to offer low-income families the same ability that wealthy families have to pick their school when they cannot afford private school tuition or changing neighborhoods.  However, there is limited evidence that school choice, housing choice, or even...
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  • 2011 10 Ideas for Education
    August 5, 2011
      The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network is pleased to present the third installment of the 10ideas series. The 10ideas series is a collection of student-generated policies from our college campus chapters. These are the published ideas from the Education Policy Center. We are proud to nominate "Reforming Halifax County Teacher Pay...
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  • Hot Topics

    The Hot Topics memos provide interested Roosevelters with information on a pertinent subject that a policy piece could be written on or around.

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