Publications Issue All Student-Centered Learning DesignsEducator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared Power If Kids Don’t Want to Learn, You Probably Can’t Make ‘Em Meeting Notes • October 2001 Jack Frymier sums up a lifetime of experience in teaching: If students want to learn they will. If they don’t, you probably can’t make ’em. Motivation is individual. Education is failing in the relationship between teachers and students. Motivating students is a teachable skill: It just isn’t very often taught where teachers are trained. National Meeting on Teacher Ownership: Concept and Implications Meeting Notes • October 2001 Visitors look at a chartered school in Minnesota that has no employees, as well as no courses and no classes. Notes of the discussion at a national meeting at Hamline University in September 2001. Chelsea Clinton and the D.C. Schools Memo • January 2001 In response to the Washington Post’s question about problems in DC this small memo asked: If the local school district is not performing why don’t DC residents ask Congress to “get somebody else who will?” In 1993 the suggestion was flatly dismissed. Three years later Congress created a second ‘board of education’ for DC. Is it Time to Reconsider the Notion of ‘Adolescence’? Article • January 2001 Not too long ago, one former state commissioner says, our high schools were filled with children. Today they are filled with young people who are essentially adults—being treated still as children. Is it time now to move young people more into adult roles by age 16. If we did, what would that suggest for K-12? Mother Teresa As a Charter School Memo • January 2001 Institutions other than public education have found it useful not to let the mission depend on just a single organization. Historically the Catholic Church has been one of these. There is the hierarchy, but there are also the orders. The Case for Decentralized Management Meeting Notes • January 2001 Notes from a workshop on school-based management. Ron Hubbs, former chairman and CEO of a major insurance company, tries to explain to superintendents why it really is better to let people closer to the working-level make most of the decisions. There’s an astonishing response from one superintendent present. School Boards and Teachers Have Choices, Too Memo • January 2001 In K-12 policy discussions, “choice” usually implies family choice. But school boards and teachers have options, too. Boards can choose to authorize chartered schools, which may be easier than trying to change their existing schools. And, teachers can choose to form teacher professional partnerships in their schools. Sponsoring Chartered Schools: A Planning Tool for Sponsors Report • January 2001 Most organizations considering authorizing charter schools do not know what it involves. This tool identifies authorizing duties, and asks whether an organization has the capacity to perform each responsibility, who would perform the responsibility, whether time is available for them to do so, and the estimated cost. 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. Post navigation ← Previous 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 … 18 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.