Publications Issue All Student-Centered Learning DesignsEducator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared Power Students Respond to E|E’s “Other Half” Paper Assertions Web Resource • August 2008 E|E asserts that student motivation is critically relevant to K-12 policy. The country has radically changed the assignment to its schools. A system earlier told to expand access to learning is now told it must ensure that students learn. But, what do young people think of E|E’s assertion? Here is an overview of five students’ responses. 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. How a School Looks When Managed by a Teacher Partnership Meeting Notes • June 2008 There’s growing interest in improving the “management of human capital” in K-12: teacher recruitment, retention, compensation, accountability, etc. Usually this suggests ‘better administration.’ Yet, these decisions might be better made by teachers running a professional partnership. This interview with teacher Carrie Bakken addresses how a partnership handles running a public school. How the Idea of ‘Charter’ Schools Came About Article • June 2008 This short memo explains the origins of the chartering idea. In the spring of 1988, a Citizens League committee began developing a program for chartering schools. Twenty years later that idea has become law in 40 states and the District of Columbia. L. Scott Miller on the Achievement Gap and “Within-class” Disparities Meeting Notes • March 2008 Notes from December 2007 conversations with L. Scott Miller about minority achievement in K12 and at the university levels. Scott argues that some of the greatest disparities in performance come “within-class,” and that greater focus placed on African American and Hispanic students among middle and professional classes. Paul Grogan on How Foundations Can Leverage Change Meeting Notes • March 2008 Notes from remarks by Paul Grogan, head in 20008 of the Boston Foundation, on the challenges of inner-city public education, and how foundations can leverage change. Early, Grogan worked for two mayors of Boston. He ran the national office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation in New York. Beyond System Reform: The Need for Greater Innovation in School and Schooling Article • March 2008 A commentary submitted to Education Week, March 12th 2008, summarizing EE’s paper “The Other Half of the Strategy: Following Up on System Reform by Innovating with School and Schooling”. An Explosion of Pedagogical Agents Memo • March 2008 The charge to K-12 has shifted from “access” to “achievement.” To meet this challenge, education should be open to new entrants, new authorizers of schools, and new learning programs. This paper argues for teacher-led and other innovations to better serve student needs. 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. Education, Microsoft, and the Individual Entrepreneur Memo • December 2007 This article discusses the role of large corporations such as Microsoft in partnering with independent entrepreneurs in the classroom. Entrepreneur Bob Bilyk, has created an application LodeStar that, with the aid of Microsoft’s Class Server, enables teachers to more effectively customize learning materials to meet students’ individual needs. Post navigation ← Previous 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 … 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.