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Think Tanks
These are a handful of the think tanks that feature prominently in education research and policy discussions:
Acton Institute: Grand Rapids MI
Political Orientation: libertarian
Policy Focus: public policy
Prominent Funders: David H. Koch Foundation
Notable Figures: Betsy DeVos
American Enterprise Institute: Washington DC
Political Orientation: conservative
Policy Focus: government, economic policy, social welfare, private enterprise
Prominent Funders: ExxonMobil
Notable Figures: Lynne Cheney, Charles Murray, Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Christina Joff Sommers, Richard Vedder, Robert Bork, Dinesh D'Souza, David Frum
Aspen Institute: Washington DC
Political Orientation: centrist
Policy Focus: education policy, leadership, criminal justice, environmental policy
Prominent Funders: Carnegie Corporation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Ford Foundation
Notable Figures: Walter Isaacson, Madeleine Albright, John Doerr, Salman Khan, Queen Noor of Jordan, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric
Brookings Institution: Washington DC
Political Orientation: centrist
Policy Focus: education policy, global development, economic policy,
Prominent Funders: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, the LEGO Foundation, State of Qatar
Notable Figures: E. J. Dionne, Jon Huntsman, Susan Rice, Susan Dynarski
Cato Institute: Washington DC
Political Orientation: libertarian
Policy Focus: education policy, government spending, monetary policy, tax policy, information and Internet policy
Prominent Funders: FedEx, Google, Whole Foods Market
Notable Figures: Charles and David Koch, Neal McCluskey, Julian Sanchez
Center for American Progress: Washington DC
Political Orientation: liberal
Policy Focus: criminal justice, education policy, economic policy, social policy
Prominent Funders: Ford Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Walmart, Walton Family Foundation, CitiGroup, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Joyce Foundation
Notable Figures: Neera Tanden, Ulrich Boser, Lawrence Korb
Center for Immigration Studies: Washington DC
Political Orientation: conservative
Policy Focus: immigration
Prominent Funders: William H. Donner Foundation, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation
Notable Figures: Mark Krikorian
Claremont Institute: Claremont CA
Political Orientation: conservative
Policy Focus: legal policy, property rights, environmental policy
Prominent Funders: Sarah Scaife Foundation, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation, William H. Donner Foundation
Notable Figures: Bruce Sanborn, Pat Sajak
Clayton Christensen Institute: Cambridge MA
Political Orientation: conservative
Policy Focus: education policy, disruptive innoation
Prominent Funders: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Notable Figures: Clayton Christensen, Michael Horn
Discovery Institute: Seattle WA
Political Orientation: conservative
Policy Focus: intelligent design, economic policy, technology policy
Prominent Funders: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Maclellan Foundation
Notable Figures: Bruce Chapman
Economic Policy Institute: Washington DC
Political Orientation: liberal
Policy Focus: economic policy, health care, education
Prominent Funders: AFSCME, United Auto Workers, United Steekworkers, United Mine Workers, Service Employees International Union
Notable Figures: Valerie Wilson, Lawrence Mishel
Electronic Privacy Information Center: Washington DC
Political Orientation: libertarian
Policy Focus: privacy, Internet technology, free speech
Prominent Funders: Carnegie Corporation, Ford Foundation, W. K. Kellog Foundation, Omidyar Network, Sun Microsystems, Rockefeller Family Fund
Notable Figures: Marc Rotenberg
Foundation for Excellence in Educaiton: Tallahassee FL
Political Orientation: conservative
Policy Focus: education policy
Prominent Funders: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Michael Bloomberg, Amplify
Notable Figures: Jeb Bush, Condoleezza Rice
Future of Privacy Forum: Washington DC
Political Orientation: conservative
Policy Focus: privacy, Internet technology, free speech
Prominent Funders: Google, AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Bill & Melinda gates Foundation
Notable Figures: Jules Polonetsky
Heartland Institute: Chicago IL
Political Orientation: libertarian
Policy Focus: education policy, environmental policy (global warming), health care policy, tobacco
Prominent Funders: Sarah Scaife Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, ExxonMobil
Notable Figures: Robert Buford, Joseph L. Bast
Heritage Foundation: Washington DC
Political Orientation: libertarian
Policy Focus: government spending, education policy, foreign policy
Prominent Funders: Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation
Notable Figures: Rebekah Mercer, Edwin Meese III, Steve Forbes, Jim DeMint
Hoover Institution: Palo Alto CA
Political Orientation: libertarian
Policy Focus: economic policy, health care, education, foreign relations, environmental policy
Prominent Funders: Walton Family Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation, Randolph Foundation, Searle Freedom Trust, Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation, ExxonMobil, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
Notable Figures: George P. Shultz, Edwin Meese, William Damon, Terry Moe, Condoleezza Rice
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation: Washington DC
Political Orientation: centrist
Policy Focus: technology policy
Prominent Funders: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Cisco, eBay, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Google, IBM
Notable Figures: Orrin Hatch, Darrell Issa
National Bureau of Economic Research: Cambridge MA
Political Orientation: centrist
Policy Focus: economic policy, health care, education
Prominent Funders: John M. Olin Foundation, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Notable Figures: Joseph Stiglitz, Martin Feldstein, Ben Bernanke
New America Foundation: Washington DC
Political Orientation: centrist
Policy Focus: education policy, technology policy, energy policy, economic policy
Prominent Funders: David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Arizona State University, The Emerson Collective, Google, Lumina Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Notable Figures: Eric Schmidt, James Fallows, Francis Fukuyama, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Fareed Zakaria, Kevin Carey
RAND Corporation: Santa Monica CA
Political Orientation: centrist
Policy Focus: education policy, health care policy, global climate change, science and technology, national security
Prominent Funders: US Air Force, US Army, US Department of Health and Human Services
Notable Figures: Linda Darling-Hammond, Hubert Dreyfus, Daniel Ellsberg, Henry Kissinger, Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Herbert Simon
Reason Foundation: Los Angeles CA
Political Orientation: libertarian
Policy Focus: education policy, economic policy, health care policy
Prominent Funders: Charles G. Koch Foundation, David H. Koch Foundation, Brady Education Foundation, ExxonMobil, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation, William H. Donner Foundation
Notable Figures: Drew Carey, David H. Koch, Robert W. Poole Jr.,
Thomas B. Fordham Institute: Washington DC
Political Orientation: conservative
Policy Focus: education policy
Prominent Funders: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carnegie Corporation of New York, College Board, Hoover Institution
Notable Figures: Chester E. Finn Jr., Rod Paige, Diane Ravitch
Urban Institute: Washington DC
Political Orientation: liberal
Policy Focus: education policy, housing policy, health care, criminal justice
Prominent Funders: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
Notable Figures: Sarah Rosen Wartell, Henry Cisneros, Erskine Bowles
This data is powered by a GitHub repository: Hack-Education-Data/think-tanks. Last updated: 18 July, 2017