Guest blogger Julene Oxton reflects on David Osborne's new book, where he provides examples of cities that are reinventing public education, from her perspective as a teacher who started an autonomous, teacher-powered school in a Minnesota school district.
What would happen if schools had more autonomy and accountability for performance? And what if metro regions featured more diversity of school designs and parental choice? In his new book, David Osborne answers these questions by describing the transformational E-12 public education changes that are taking place in several American cities.
MDE was recently awarded $45.8 million in Charter Schools Program grant funds from the US Department of Education. The purpose of the CSP grant program is to help high-quality charter schools expand and grow, while also improving instruction for all students.
On Tuesday, the Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel met for the first time to discuss the Innovation Research Zone application, which was released in mid-September. Read here to learn more about the process for deciding which applications will be accepted to become Innovation Research Zones, as well as the timeline for application review and implementation.
It’s a busy and exciting time at Education Evolving. We are proud to unveil the results of that work, including a new vision for student-centered learning, statement on educational equity, policy paper, visual brand, and logo.
Woods Learning Center, a teacher-powered school in Wyoming, was one of the schools Secretary DeVos visited on her "Rethink School" tour. Hear from two teacher perspectives regarding the controversial Secretary's visit and how they used it as a learning opportunity to showcase their innovative school model.
On Monday, 30 states, including Minnesota, turned in their Every Student Succeeds Act accountability plans to the US Department of Education in the second and final deadline. Minnesota’s accountability plan is the culmination of the work that the Minnesota Department of Education engaged in for the past 21 months. Read here for some of the changes that MDE has made to the plan since we last reported.
Education Evolving is working to finalize two papers that we will be releasing on October 2nd. We will be taking a hiatus from regular blog posting as we finish those papers, and will start posting regularly again in early October.
MDE published the ESSA state plan on August 1st, and is hosting a series of public commentary meetings from August 15-26th. Read here to learn about some of the changes that MDE has made to their plan, some of the concerns that have been raised by the public, the locations for where they are hosting their public commentary hearings, and how you can submit public comment.
Of the 23 Charter-District Collaboration Compact cities, the Center for Reinventing Public Education has identified five cities—Boston, Central Falls, Chicago, Denver, and New Orleans—where charter-district collaboration is thriving. Read more about the key takeaways that Minneapolis and other Minnesota cities can learn from these collaborations.
