Publications Issue All Student-Centered Learning DesignsEducator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared Power Sample Contract Between Charter School and Authorizer Report • January 2001 A sample contract between a chartered school and its authorizer. A contract includes mission and goals of the school, definitions of student and school performance, and details on governance, finances, and operations. For each area there are performance measures, with special measures for the start-up year. A Viable High School in a Small Rural District Memo • January 2001 Nontraditional forms of school do exist that are economically and educationally viable at the scale of 120 students. This has huge implications for rural America’s sparsely-settled areas. The trick is to think differently about teaching and learning. An article in the magazine of the superintendents’ association in Minnesota. Can the National Government Be Effective? Lessons From Urban Development Memo • January 2001 K-12 education exists in state law. It cannot be reached directly by Congressional or the President. Typically, in such policy areas, the national government tries to ‘do things’ by tying requirements to its grants-in-aid. This approach has failed in the past, as in the 1960s when the national government tried to take control of urban development. Professional Control of Practice: Physicians and Teachers Meeting Notes • March 2000 The medical director of a big multi-specialty hospital/medical group—in which the doctors are employees—describes how the professional and ‘business’ decisions are divided between physicians and managers. Ted Kolderie’s notes from a conversation with Dr. George Isham. Is the biggest challenge perhaps right in the classroom? Meeting Notes • November 1999 Jack Frymier suggests, in a conversation in St. Paul in 1999, perhaps where education is failing is in the relationship between teachers and students. This is where ‘improvement’ has to focus. Milwaukee As a Site for Education-Policy Change Meeting Notes • September 1999 Milwaukee has been the most interesting site for education policy in America, though not for the reason (vouchers) usually cited by the media. Howard Fuller and others-involved tell the story of the struggle since the 1970s. The Valley Crossing School as a Precedent for Contracting Memo • April 1999 Three local districts in Minnesota’s metropolitan suburbs share an elementary school didn’t build, don’t own and don’t themselves staff. The Valley Crossing school is a kind of virtual organization; a fascinating case in the use of contracts. Restructuring Our High Schools for the 21st Century: Creating ‘Grade 11-13’ Schools Memo • September 1998 Currently, students are held until 12th grade even if they can move faster. The Minnesota Post-secondary Enrollment Options Program (PSEO) showed that bright high school students can do well with college-level work. The Grade 11-13 model goes even further, restructuring both high school and the first year of college, un-duplicating the curriculum. Nobody’s Success Depends on Whether the Students Learn Speech • April 1997 Until recently K-12 was built and operated so as to put adult interests first. Student learning was not an imperative. In a talk to the Citizens League in March 1997 Ted Kolderie set out the essentials of public education’s system problem—underscored shortly afterward when the first results from the new testing program arrived. Essentials of the Charter School Strategy Memo • June 1994 A quick summary of the essentials of the charter idea, written in 1994, is still basically applicable today. Post navigation ← Previous 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next → Stay In Touch Get updates, new publications, fresh analysis, and event invitations in your inbox. First Name Last Name Email Address State What do you want to receive? Monthly newsletter (once per month) Blog posts by email (about two per month) See past newsletters in the archive.