Publications Issue All Student-Centered Learning DesignsEducator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared Power Reimagining Teacher Preparation Report • October 2015 Recommended essential elements and best practices for a new, different, better sort of teacher preparation program. Developed through interviews, focus groups, and a best-practices literature review. A Framework for a Taxonomy of Schools Report • August 2015 Much of the discussion about ‘what’s working’ suggests that students learn because the school is district, charter, parochial or whatever. This is bizarre. Clearly, students learn from what goes on in the school; from its curriculum, pedagogy, materials and teachers. This report begins to sketch a taxonomy that gets at these more meaningful school properties. Realizing Deeper Learning: The Economics and Achievements of an Innovative Chartered School Model Report • June 2012 An analysis of two innovative chartered schools in Minnesota, including a financial analysis which shows this innovation is possible at a net cost well below district schools of similar demographics. By Charles Kyte, a former superintendent and executive director of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators. Strategy for Realizing the Potential of “Digital” Report • February 2011 Digital’ carries the potential to improve learning. But, potential alone won’t sell district management on bringing it into schools. New technologies are most likely to be adopted when decisions are made at the school, when schools are given autonomy. Can Teachers Run Their Own Schools? Report • October 2010 A case study of Avalon School and several other teacher-led schools in the Midwest. These schools use resources differently than traditional district schools, use a different praxis of teaching, and divide authority and responsibility differently—including assigning responsibility for learning to the students. Rethinking Student Motivation Report • September 2010 Why understanding the ‘job’ is crucial for improving education This white paper is adapted from a new chapter in the second edition of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change […] Innovation-based Systemic Reform Report • April 2010 Policymakers, in revising ESEA, should think of strategy as a “split screen”. The only realistic approach is to pursue our differing goals at the same time. K-12 education must improve both its performance and its economics. It must work concurrently for equity and for excellence. It must improve traditional school while encouraging innovation beyond traditional school. Rethinking the Student-Centered Classroom: Personalization and the Type II Application of Technology Report • August 2008 Modern technologies, if applied properly, can personalize the process of learning without increasing labor costs. Before this can happen educators must understand there are distinct ways that technologies can be applied. “Type I” applications use technology to make traditional teaching more efficient; “Type II” makes possible teaching and learning in new and fundamentally different ways — allowing for personalization. Of Innovators and School Improvement Report • July 2008 The assignment to K-12 has changed from “access” to “achievement.” Unfortunately, our schools were built to provide students the opportunity to learn, not to ensure that they did. If we insist that our schools do this different job we will have to create new school models that make that possible. The Other Half of the Strategy: Following Up on System Reform by Innovating with Schooling Report • February 2008 System-level reforms like standards, accountability, choice and chartering make it more necessary for schools to succeed with learning. But these reforms do not by themselves affect achievement. Kids learn from what they read, see, hear and do. So success in the effort at improvement requires capitalizing now on the system-level changes with a major effort to create new forms of school. Post navigation ← Previous 1 2 3 4 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.
