Editing Gene Sperling (section)

=== Post-Clinton administration ===
After leaving the Clinton Administration, Sperling focused on promoting universal education, particularly for girls in poor and developing nations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 5, 2006|title=Back to School ~ Interview: Gene Sperling {{!}} Wide Angle {{!}} PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/interactives-extras/interviews/back-to-school-interview-gene-sperling/269/|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=Wide Angle}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 2002, he founded the [[Center for Universal Education]] at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and the [[Brookings Institution]] and served as its first executive director for seven years from 2002 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/cue/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114004505/http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/cue/|url-status=dead|title=Council on Foreign Relations|archive-date=November 14, 2012|access-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Economic Dignity {{!}} Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy|url=https://fordschool.umich.edu/events/2019/economic-dignity?theme=cflp|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=fordschool.umich.edu}}</ref> In that role, Sperling advocated for a global compact for education for all children, with publications on universal education for all nations in ''Foreign Affairs'', ''The New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, and IMF Quarterly: Finance and Development.''<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Sperling|first1=Gene|last2=Hart|first2=Tom|date=January 28, 2009|title=A Better Way to Fight Global Poverty: Broadening the Millennium Challenge Account|journal=Foreign Affairs: America and the World|language=en-US|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2003-03-01/better-way-fight-global-poverty-broadening-millennium-challenge-account|access-date=November 15, 2020|issn=0015-7120}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 25, 2002|title=U.S. Should Lead the Class in Global Education
|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-25-oe-sperl25-story.html|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Finance and Development|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2005/06/sperling.htm|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=Finance and Development {{!}} F&D|language=en-US}}</ref> He also authored concept papers for the Education for All Fast Track Initiative on ''Closing the Trust Gaps: Unlocking Financing for Education in Fragile State'' and ''How to Unlock Financing for Fragile States and Move Toward a More Unified Global Architecture for Education Financing: Eight Preliminary Recommendations''.<ref>[https://inee.org/sites/default/files/Evaluation_FTI.pdf Working Paper 6 FTI and Fragile States and Fragile Partnerships] inee.org</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Francine Menashy |first1=Sarah Dryden-Peterson |title=The Global Partnership for Education's evolving support to fragile and conflict-affected states |journal=International Journal of Educational Development |year=2015 |volume=44 |pages=82–94 |doi=10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.07.001|s2cid=155005305 |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:25378642 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Sperling was a member of U.N. Millennium Task Force on Girls' Education.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gene B. Sperling - Research|url=https://www.brookings.edu/author/gene-b-sperling?type=research&paged=1|website=Brookings}}</ref>

In 2003, Sperling also founded the Global Campaign for Education-US, a broad-based coalition of national and community-based organizations, international NGOs, teacher unions, faith-based groups, and think tanks dedicated to ensuring universal quality education for all children.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Global Campaign for Education-US|url=https://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/stakeholder/global-campaign-education-us|website=International Disability Alliance}}</ref>  The organization's mission is "to promote education as a basic human right and mobilize to create political will in the United States and internationally to ensure universal quality education."<ref name=":1" />

In 2004, he co-authored the book ''What Works in Girls' Education: Evidence and Policies from the Developing World'' with Barbara Herz.<ref>Council on Foreign Relations, [http://www.cfr.org/education/works-girls-education/p6947 What Works in Girls' Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201032231/http://www.cfr.org/education/works-girls-education/p6947 |date=December 1, 2014 }}</ref> In addition, Sperling was also a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and authored ''The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity'' in that role.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pro-Growth-Progressive/Gene-Sperling/9781476754819|title=The Pro-Growth Progressive: About the book|website=Simon and Schuster|date=June 29, 2013 |isbn=978-1-4767-5481-9 |access-date=July 11, 2023 |last1=Sperling |first1=Gene |publisher=Simon & Schuster }}</ref> For four years, he was a consultant and had partial writing credit for four episodes for the television series ''[[The West Wing]]''.<ref>Politico, [http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/03/sperling-on-west-wing-pretty-realistic-but-dont-walk-159225.html Sperling on 'West Wing': 'Pretty realistic,' but don't walk as fast], March 13, 2013.</ref> Sperling is the author of the 2020 book ''Economic Dignity,''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gene Sperling |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2203499/gene-sperling|access-date=January 3, 2023|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com}}</ref> building on a 2019 piece he published in Democracy Journal.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sperling|first=Gene|date=Spring 2019|title=Economic Dignity|url=https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/52/economic-dignity/|journal=Democracy}}</ref>

Sperling was a top economic adviser for [[Hillary Clinton]] during her [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|2008 presidential campaign]].<ref>[http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/31/econ_adviser_sperling_q/ A look at the Clinton economic plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718124724/http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/31/econ_adviser_sperling_q/ |date=July 18, 2008 }}, Kai Ryssdal interviews Gene Sperling, ''Marketplace'', January 31, 2008</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Leonhardt|first=David|date=April 18, 2007|title=The Advisers Are Writing Our Future |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/business/18leonhardt.html|access-date=January 3, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Prior to joining the Obama administration, Sperling earned $887,727 from [[Goldman Sachs]] in 2008 for his work helping to create and implement their 10,000 Women charitable initiative, which funds business education for women in developing nations. He was also compensated $158,000 for speeches, mostly to financial companies. Sperling received $2.2 million in total compensation in 2008 from a variety of consulting jobs, board seats, speaking fees and fellowships.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=abo3Zo0ifzJg |title=Geithner Aides Reaped Millions Working for Banks, Hedge Funds  |last1=Schmidt |first1=Robert |date=October 14, 2009 |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |access-date=August 8, 2013}}</ref>