Chester E. Finn Jr. Explained

Birth Name:Chester Evans Finn Jr.
Birth Date:3 August 1944
Birth Place:Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Education:BA (history), 1965
MA (social studies teaching), 1967
Ed.D. (educational policy), 1970
Alma Mater:Harvard University
Boards:
National Council on Teacher Quality
'Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
' CVPath Institute >National Assessment Governing Board, including two years as its chairman (1988 - 1996)Maryland State Board of Education (2015-2018)
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Children:2
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Chester Evans "Checker" Finn Jr. (born August 3, 1944) is a former professor of education, an educational policy analyst, and a former United States Assistant Secretary of Education. He is currently the president emeritus of the nonprofit Thomas B. Fordham Foundation in Washington, D.C. He is also Volker Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution where he chairs the Working Group on Good American Citizenship. He was also a member of the Maryland Kirwan Commission on Education during its authorization period from 2016 to 2019.[3]

Finn was Professor of Education and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University (1981 - 2002). He served as Assistant Secretary for Research and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education (1985–88). Prior positions included Staff Assistant to U.S. President Richard Nixon; special assistant to Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent (1972–73); counsel to U.S. Ambassador to India Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1973–74); Research Associate at the Brookings Institution (1974–77); and legislative director for U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1977–81).

Published works include

. David M. Abshire. Lamar Alexander. Lamar Alexander. Chester E. Finn Jr.. The new promise of American life. 1995. Hudson Institute. Indianapolis. 1-55813-053-5. 96206261.

. Chester E. Finn Jr.. foreword by Daniel P. Moynihan. Education and the Presidency. 1977. Lexington Books. Lexington, Massachusetts. 0-669-00365-4. 75032871.

. Chester E. Finn Jr.. Reroute the preschool juggernaut. 2009. Education Next Books. Stanford, California. 978-0-8179-4992-1. 2009015883.

. Chester E. Finn Jr.. Scholars, dollars, and bureaucrats. 2009-05-16. 1978. Brookings Institution. Washington, DC. 0-8157-2828-X. registration.

. Chester E. Finn Jr.. Troublemaker: a personal history of school reform since Sputnik. 2008. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey. 2007038263.

. Diane Ravitch. Chester E. Finn Jr.. foreword by Lynne V. Cheney. What do our 17-year-olds know?: a report on the first national assessment of history and literature. 2009-05-16. 1987. Harper & Row. New York. 0-06-015849-2. registration.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Standing against the stream: Dr Renu Virmani. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721175139/http://www.theheart.org/article/126933.do. dead. Shelley. Wood. July 21, 2011. HeartWire. WebMD. June 23, 2004. 2009-05-16.
  2. "Chester Evans Finn Jr." Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2008.Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC. Fee via Fairfax County Public Library, accessed 2009-05-16.Document Number: K2017758079
  3. Web site: COMMISSION ON INNOVATION & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226170440/https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/26excom/defunct/html/13edinnov.html . 2020-02-26 . June 23, 2020. Maryland.gov.

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