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Thomas Toch is co-founder and co-director of Education Sector, an influential Washington, DC-based think tank. One of the nation's leading education experts, Toch speaks and writes on a wide range of school and college topics. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Monthly, and many other publications. His work has been twice nominated for National Magazine Awards, the magazine industry's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes, and he has written two books on education. Thomas Toch has taught at Harvard and spent three years at the prestigeous Brookings Institution in Washington. He was educated in England, Canada, and the United States. Early in his career he was a high school teacher.