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Positions – Think Tanks |
Positions – Education Advocacy Groups |
William Bennett Former education secretary in the Reagan Admin 1985-88

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- Heritage Foundation
- Hudson Institute
- Institute for Educational Affairs (IEA)
- co-founder Madison Center, which merged with IEA to form Madison Center for Educational Affairs
- founder/co-director of Empower America (now FreedomWorks), funding from Sarah Scaife, JM, Lynde and Harry Bradley, and Olin foundations.
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- Board member, Put Parents in Charge
- Co-chair, Campaign for America’s Children
- trustee, Committee for a Free World
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Chester E. Finn, Jr Former US Asst Sec. of Education, Counsellor to Sec. of Education Bennett 85-88

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- President Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Institute
- Manhattan Institute
- Hudson Institute
- Hoover Institution
- Brookings Institution
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- Co-founder and chair, Educational Excellence Network
- founding partner and senior scholar with the Edison Project
- board member of Charter School Leadership Council; Center for Educational Reform; Foundation for Teaching Economics; National Alliance for Public Charter Schools; National Council on Teacher Quality
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Diane Ravitch
Asst Sec. of Education 91-93 Professor, New York University |
- Hudson Institute
- Manhattan Institute
- Hoover Institute
- Brookings Institution
- Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
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- Co-founder Educational Excellence Network
Worked closely with Finn, promoted national standards whilst in govt |
Denis Doyle Asst Director of the National Institute of Education
Consultant to various corporations |
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- Co-founder of SchoolNet –web-based instruction
- Board of the Centre for Education Reform
- Co-author of three education books with CEOs of P&G, IBM and Xerox
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Dinesh D’Souza Senior policy analyst,
Reagan White House 85-87 |
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Nina Shokraii Rees Advisor to the vice president on education,
Deputy Under Sec. for Innovation and Improvement, Dept of Education |
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