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词条 Peter W. Cookson Jr.
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. References

  4. External links

Peter W. Cookson Jr. (born November 17, 1942) is an American sociologist, academic, and author. He is the author of twenty books on education reform, inequality, and new models of learning.[1] His books have been widely reviewed in such publications as The New York Times Book Review,[2] Publishers Weekly,[3] and Kirkus Reviews.[4] x

Early life and education

Peter Cookson graduated from New York University where he received a B.A. in American History, M.A. in European Intellectual History, and Ph.D. in the Sociology of Education. He also received a post-graduate certificate in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an M.A. in Religion from Yale Divinity School.

Career

A strong proponent of education reform, his articles have appeared frequently in Education Week[5][6][7] and The Huffington Post,[8][9] among others. He received a special citation in the category of best blog for Education Sector's "The Quick and the Ed" from the National Education Writers Association for education reporting in 2012.[10]

Since the 1980s, Cookson has been a college and university professor and administrator, most notably at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he founded the Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation and TC Innovations. He was Managing Director of Education Sector,[11] an independent education policy think tank, and is currently Principal Researcher and Director of The Equity Project at American Institutes for Research (AIR),[12] and teaches sociology at Georgetown University.

As a specialist in American education and equity in education, Cookson has been interviewed often, most recently on Bloomberg Radio's education network.[13][14]

References

1. ^Peter W. Cookson Jr., GoogleBooks
2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/12/books/books-of-the-times-218672.html The New York Times Book Review, December 12, 1985]
3. ^Publishers Weekly, October 22, 2012
4. ^[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jill-iscol/hearts-on-fire Kirkus Reviews, October 18, 2013]
5. ^Education Week, with Heidi Steffens, August 7, 2002 "Limitations of the Market Model"
6. ^Education Week, December 12, 2006 "The New, Improved Educational Machine (But Where Are the Children?)
7. ^Education Week, March 14, 2012 "Rethinking the U.S. Department of Education"
8. ^The Huffington Post, September 29, 2010 "Waiting for Superman: Another Rescue Fantasy?"
9. ^The Huffington Post, August 11, 2011 "The 35,000 Kids Next Door to the White House"
10. ^National Education Writers Association, National Awards for Education Reporting 2012. Special Citation—Peter W. Cookson Jr., Thomas Dawson, Joni Finney, Jeff Selingo, Ben Wildavsky, and Chad Aldeman, The Quick and the Ed, a publication of Education Sector {{cite web |url=http://www.edmediacommons.org/group/awards2012/forum/topics/national-awards-for-education-reporting-2012 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728162822/http://www.edmediacommons.org/group/awards2012/forum/topics/national-awards-for-education-reporting-2012 |archivedate=2013-07-28 |df= }}
11. ^Education Sector {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714041435/http://www.educationsector.org/person/peter-w-cookson-jr |date=2013-07-14 }}
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13. ^Bloomberg Radio/Bloomberg EDU
14. ^Bloomberg EDU radio interview with Jane Stoddard Williams, May 10, 2013  

External links

  • Education Sector
  • Blog, The Quick & the Ed
  • Website for Sacred Trust: A Children's Education Bill of Rights
  • [https://twitter.com/PeterWCooksonJr Peter W. Cookson Jr. on Twitter]
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9 : Living people|American education writers|American sociologists|Georgetown University faculty|New York University alumni|Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni|Yale Divinity School alumni|1942 births|Teachers College, Columbia University faculty

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