This blog post originally appeared on the Education Innovating blog run by Education Evolving from 2010 to 2011. It has now been merged into our main blog.
Teacher-run schools continue to appear in the news, such as a recent article by the Associated Press.
In this article by EdWeek’s Teacher Magazine EE partners Ted Kolderie and Joe Graba describe characteristics that begin to emerge in schools that are run by teachers.
They discuss the structure of management, whether or not there is a main office, and the title—‘advisor’—that is given to teachers.
They describe the way the role of teacher tends to change, when they move toward project-based learning:
And, how the relationship to central management must evolve if such schools are to work inside districts:
Check out the full article on the Education Week website.