Marc Tucker Explained

Marc S. Tucker (born 1939) was the president and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy from 1988 until January 1, 2019.

Education and career

Tucker is a graduate of Brown University.^[1]

He was president and chief executive officer of the National Center on Education and the Economy, the associate director of the National Institute of Education.^[2] He was appointed professor of education at the University of Rochester and was appointed by president Bill Clinton to the National Skills Standards Board, where he served as the chair of its research and policy committee.^[3]

Publications

Tucker is the author or editor of:

• A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century (Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy, 1986)^{[4] [5]}
• America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages (National Center on Education and the Economy, 1990)^[6]
• Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations (with Ray Marshall, Basic Books, 1992)^{[7] [8]}
• Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them (with Judy Codding, Jossey-Bass, 1998)^[9]
• The Principal Challenge: Leading and Managing Schools in an Era of Accountability (edited with Judy Codding, Jossey-Bass, 2002)^[10]
• Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce (National Center on Education and the Economy, 2006)
• Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for American Education Built on the World's Leading Systems (edited with Linda Darling-Hammond, Harvard Education Press, 2011)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Book: Appendix C: Biographical Sketches. https://www.nap.edu/read/10023/chapter/14. 115–124 . en. Investigating the Influence of Standards: A Framework for Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education. National Research Council. 2002. Washington, DC. The National Academies Press. 10.17226/10023. 978-0-309-07276-2.
2. Web site: Marc Tucker.
3. Web site: Marc Tucker. 25 September 2011.
4. Reviews of A Nation Prepared: Robert Laurent, Recherche & formation (in French), https://www.persee.fr/doc/refor_0988-1824_1988_num_4_1_952_t1_0133_0000_1
5. Rigden . John S. . Editorial: The Carnegie report, A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century . American Journal of Physics . American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) . 54 . 8 . 1986 . 0002-9505 . 10.1119/1.14502 . 683. 1986AmJPh..54..683R.
6. Review of America's Choice: Horst Brand, "Setting new standards for skills in the workplace", Monthly Labor Review,
7. Kirst . Michael . Marshall . Ray . Tucker . Marc . Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations. . Political Science Quarterly . Wiley . 108 . 2 . 1993 . 0032-3195 . 10.2307/2152024 . 345. 2152024.
8. Barry Bluestone, Journal of Economic Literature, ;
9. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7879-3894-9 Review of Standards for Our Schools: Publishers Weekly
10. Review of The Principal Challenge: Harold Wenglinsky, "From Practice to Praxis: Books about the New Principal Preparation", Educational Researcher,
11. Reviews of Surpassing Shanghai: Susan D. Patrick, "Can American Schools Challenge the World's Leading K-12 Educational Systems?", Educational Technology,