“Thomas B. Fordham Institute”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is an ideologically conservative American nonprofit education policy think tank,^[2] with offices in Washington, D.C., Columbus, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio. The institute supports and publishes research on education policy in the US.

History

The Institute's namesake was a businessman and civic leader in Dayton, Ohio. His widow, Thelma Fordham Pruett, established the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation in 1959 to support a wide range of causes in the Dayton area. In 1997, following the death of Pruett, the Foundation was relaunched, with a narrowed focus on education. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute joined the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation in 2007. In 2013, the Associated Press described the organization as "conservative-leaning."^[3]

Fordham-National

The headquarters of the think-tank operations are located in Washington, D.C. Led by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli, Fordham publishes and supports research on K-12 education across the nation. Additionally, Fordham staff and board members remain involved in organizations that support and develop quality schools.

Fordham-Ohio

Fordham-Ohio publishes research and does policy work in the Columbus office and serves as a community school sponsor in its Dayton office. The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation was approved in 2004 by the Ohio Department of Education—making it the first nonprofit organization in Ohio to acquire such a responsibility. Fordham continues to sponsor charter schools even though the recent data shows that many Ohio charter schools are failing.^[4]^[5]

Board of Trustees

References

1. ^¹{{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/311/311816446/311816446_201612_990.pdf | title=Thomas B. Fordham Institute | date=27 November 2017 | website=Foundation Center | accessdate=13 November 2018 }}
2. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/thomas-b-fordham-institute#section-overview | title=Thomas B. Fordham Institute | last= | first= | date= | website=Crunchbase | accessdate=13 November 2018 }}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/06/17/report-too-many-teachers-too-little-quality/xQGCrPiYaN0igRA4kGnyeL/singlepage.html |title=Report: Too many teachers, too little quality |last1=Elliott |first1=Philip |date=June 17, 2013 |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=The New York Times Company |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=June 24, 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6HcwGlmC6 |archivedate=June 24, 2013 |deadurl=no }}
4. ^{{cite web | url=https://dianeravitch.net/2013/09/24/the-failure-of-charter-schools-in-ohio-7-billion-later/ | title=The Failure of Charter Schools in Ohio, $7 Billion Later | last= | first= | date= | website=Diane Ravitch | accessdate=13 November 2018 }}
5. ^{{cite web | url=http://innovationohio.org/2013/08/26/new-state-report-cards-show-charter-schools-underperform/ | title=New state report cards show charter schools underperform | last=Dyer | first=Stephen | date=26 August 2013 | website=Innovation Ohio | accessdate=13 November 2018 }}
6. ^{{cite web | url=https://edexcellence.net/board-trustees | title=Fordham's Board of Trustees | last= | first= | date= | website=Thomas B. Fordham Institute | accessdate=18 November 2018 }}

External links

Fordham Institute Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)

[https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Articles/v14n6.htm The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Institute: Influence for hire], Nonpartisan Education Review

3 : Think tanks based in Washington, D.C.|Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.|Organizations established in 1959