Marc Tucker
Marc S. Tucker 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.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. 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.
Publications
Tucker is the author or editor of:- A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century
- America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages
- Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations
- Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them
- The Principal Challenge: Leading and Managing Schools in an Era of Accountability
- Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
- ''Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for American Education Built on the World's Leading Systems''