Publications Issue All Educator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared PowerStudent-Centered Learning Designs Kolderie Talk to Knowledge Alliance Speech • August 2010 E|E’s Ted Kolderie explains why sound policy requires true innovation, followed by “continuous improvement”. The two must exist together; we may not be able to afford a ‘monoculture’ in education policy. Success with Innovation Is the Key to Improving Learning—and to ‘Closing the Gap’ Speech • November 2015 The Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs invited Ted Kolderie to discuss how innovation is key to systemic change in public education and how schools must resist ‘the pressure for sameness’. Kolderie called upon the ‘alternative’ sector to share its accomplishments in innovation—thus validating the sector and making clear that what is happening there is essential for change and improvement in the mainline district sector. This is his speech. Innovation as the Practical Strategy for Change Speech • February 2013 Nina Rees, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, invited Ted Kolderie to discuss “The Role of Innovation in the Charter Movement” with the heads of state charter associations and resource centers. These are his remarks; edited to include some of the points made in the hour-long discussion that followed. Windows on the Next Generation of Charter Schools and Chartering Speech • May 2004 A look at the next generation of chartered schools and the environment in which they live. We will need to diversify charter authorizers, document the progress of existing chartered schools, find ways to finance facilities and transportation, and find new ways to organize extra-curricular activities. We Cannot Get the Schools We Need by Changing the Schools We Have Speech • May 2004 While almost everyone wants schools to be better, almost nobody wants them to be different. And, we overestimate the ability of leadership to change organizations in more than incremental ways. The internal culture heavily constrains change. A speech by Joe Graba at a national meeting of foundations. 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. Post navigation 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.