Formation 2007 Location Washington, D.C. 20036 President Chester E. Finn, Jr. Founded 2007 | Headquarters 1016 16th Street, NW Website www.edexcellence.net Revenue 1.214 million USD | |
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Type of business Education policy think tank Similar Fordham University, American Enterprise Institute, EdChoice, National Governors Association, Center for American Progress | ||
Thomas b fordham institute overview
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is an ideologically conservative American nonprofit education policy think tank, with offices in Washington, D.C., Columbus, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio. The institute supports and publishes research on education policy in the US.
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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."
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.
Board of Trustees
Current
David P. Driscoll - Former Commissioner of Education Commonwealth of Massachusetts Rod Paige - Former U.S. Secretary of Education (2001-2005) Thomas A. Holton, Esq. – Partner, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Chester E. Finn, Jr. – President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute Michael W. Kelly - President and CEO, Central Park Credit Bank David H. Ponitz - President Emeritus, Sinclair Community College Stefanie Sanford - VP, Lobbying, College Board Caprice Young - Vice President for Education, Laura and John Arnold FoundationEmeritus
Craig Kennedy - German Marshall Fund of the United States Bruce Kovner - Caxton Alternative Management LP Chester E. Finn Esq. (1918-2007) Bruno V. Manno - Walton Family Foundation Diane Ravitch