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PERSON PROFILEChester E. Finn, Jr.The well-traveled Chester Finn is one of the education policy gurus of the conservative movement. He currently (2005) is simultaneously a Fellow at the Hoover Institution, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, as well as president of the foundation's board of trustees. Finn was formerly a John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and also formerly with the Hudson Institute in 1998. Finn is a former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education and a former legislative director for Senator Daniel P. Moynihan. He was also a founding partner and senior scholar with the Edison Project, the private company setup to operate public schools on a for-profit basis. Hudson and Bradley are both major proponents of "school choice," which would allow public education money to be funneled to groups like Edison. For a time, Edison was being considered for a possible contract with the Milwaukee Public Schools system. Also seeNational Association of Scholars. Finn on advisory board Center of the American Experiment. On advisory board. From the Hudson Institute's web site:Biographical Highlights In September 1994, Chester E. Finn Jr. became John M. Olin Fellow at Hudson Institute. In late 1996, he also became President of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. In December 1994, he concluded his work with the Edison Project, where he had served as founding partner and senior scholar. He is on leave from the faculty of Vanderbilt University where he has been a professor of Education and Public Policy since 1981. A native of Ohio with an undergraduate degree in American History, a master’s degree in Social Studies Teaching, and a doctorate in Education Policy and Administration from Harvard University, Finn has made his career in education and government service. He served as Assistant Secretary for Research and Improvement and Counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education from 1985 to 1988. Earlier positions include Staff Assistant to the President of the United States; special Assistant to the Governor of Massachusetts; Counsel to the American Ambassador to India; Research Associate in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution; and Legislative Director for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.He serves on a number of boards including the Center for Education Reform, the Foundation for Teaching Economics, and the Colorado League of Charter Schools, as well as on the advisory boards of the National Association of Scholars and the Center of the American Experiment. From 1988 to 1996, he was a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, including two years as its chairman. Publications and Media Exposure The most recent of his eleven books are Charter Schools in Action: The Final Report (Hudson Institute, 1997), Charter Schools in Action: What Have We Learned?, co-written with Bruno V. Manno and Louann Bierlein (Hudson Institute, 1996); The New Promise of American Life, coedited with Lamar Alexander (Hudson Institute, 1995); Radical Education Reforms, coedited with Herbert J. Walberg (McCutchan, 1994); Education Reform in the ’90s, coedited with Theodor Rebarber (Macmillan, 1992); and We Must Take Charge: Our Schools and Our Future (Free Press, 1991).Author of more than 200 articles, his work has appeared in such publications as The Weekly Standard, The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The Public Interest, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Harvard Business Review, The American Spectator, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times.
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MORE LINKSDaily Howler The fuzzy thinking that drives our education debates has to be seen to be believed. Consider Chester Finn’s appearance on last night’s O’Reilly Factor...Finn offered no ideas about how Florida’s crummy schools could be improved. He simply said we should flunk the kids, and then the schools would be forced to get better...Our discussions are ruled by men like Finn—know- nothings rattling off cant.
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