ASI Staff

Leo Casey
Executive Director

Burnie Bond
Director of Programs

Matthew Di Carlo
Senior Fellow

Esther Quintero
Senior Fellow

Kinga Wysieńska-Di Carlo
Research Fellow

Victoria Thomas
Executive Assistant

Recent Blog Posts

The Crisis of Democracy Conference
October 5, 2017

We are experiencing an organic crisis of democracy, international in scope. This conference will draw together intellectuals and activists from across the globe to examine and explore different dimensions of that crisis. The speakers will venture into a deeper analysis of the political forces and dynamics at work, with an eye to identifying opportunities in the resistance as well as dangers. October 5-6, 2017, Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. More information and Registration.
Daniel Koretz Book Reception
October 16, 2017

Monday, October 16, 2017, 4:00 to 9:30 pm, 555 New Jersey Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. More information and registration.
Austerity Politics and Education Finance: The Recession Never Ended
November 8, 2017

Noon to 2:00 pm, 555 New Jersey Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001. More information and registration

Teaching in Context: The Social Side of Education Reform

Teaching in Context (Harvard Education Press, 2017) provides new evidence from a range of leading scholars showing that teachers become more effective when they work in organizations that support them in comprehensive and coordinated ways. The volume is edited by ASI senior fellow Esther Quintero and has a foreword by Andy Hargreaves.
Deconstructing the Myth of American Public Schooling Inefficiency

Bruce Baker and Mark Weber (Rutgers University) use existing research and original analysis to dismantle the common myth that U.S. public schools spend more money and get worse results than do other developed nations, and provide discussion and analysis of what can and cannot be learned from existing data.