Publications Issue All Educator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared PowerStudent-Centered Learning Designs 2017 Innovation Zone Law FAQ Memo • June 2018 A 2017 law allows districts and charter schools in Minnesota to form an innovation zone in order to try new approaches to learning that will raise student acheivement. The law provides flexibility from state law and rule to try those innovations. EE Co-Founder Receives MAAP “Exemplary” Award Article • February 2017 Ted Kolderie is one of two recipients this year of the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs (MAAP) prestigious “Exemplary Award”. Ted received the award at the 34th Annual MAAP Conference last week at the Verizon Center in Mankato. ‘Charter Schools’ Is System Change Memo • June 2017 What most people call ‘charter schools’ is in fact system change. With a new, second, charter sector, public education can be a self-improving system. Success for the district sector might depend on its picking up innovations from the charter sector. Ted Kolderie explains. District Public Schools + Chartered Public Schools Memo • March 2016 Public education now has two sectors: a district sector and a chartered sector. Chartering—and this two-sector arrangement in general—needs to be thought of as a strategy for change, not just a set of schools. Given flexibility, the chartered sector can and does generate the needed innovation, the necessary improvements in learning. Asking the Unasked: Reflection on a Series About Closing the “Achievement Gap” Meeting Notes • April 2016 In October of 2015, Education Evolving (EE) produced a three-session series in partnership with the Achievement Gap Committee, each session examining a different dimension of the challenge to close the gap in achievement across different categories of students. This report is a selective summary of the main points and questions highlighted in this series. Our Working Definition of Student Achievement and School Quality Memo • May 2016 Having good definitions of the terms “student achievement” and “school quality” is important in our nation’s quest to improve public education. But the two terms are often defined too simply, too narrowly, too controversially. This working memo puts forth our own deeper and broader definitions of these two important terms. Teacher-Powered Leaders Meet With Secretary King: A Reflection Blog Post Article • June 2016 On May 18, two of our teacher-powered ambassadors sat down for tea with U.S. Secretary of Education, John King to discuss teacher leadership. One of those teachers, Jeff Austin, summarized their conversation in this post on the U.S. Department of Education blog. A Way to Design Public Schools So All Can Succeed Article • April 2016 “Innovation Zones” will change the way we teach, test and measure learning. A Commentary for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Commentary: In the Strategy for Public Education Chartering Can Drive Innovation Article • September 2016 Where exactly does chartering fit, in the strategy for public education? Across America that question is rising, as in a number of big cities the charter sector gets larger and as the local districts are losing enrollment. In this commentary in the StarTribune, Ted Kolderie looks at four current answers to the question—and suggests a fifth, more practical answer. 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. Post navigation ← Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 … 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.
