Policy Focus Education
For the past four years, Hope Street Group has been a leader in promoting systemic reform of the most significant driver of economic opportunity: education.
Join the discussion in the Policy 2.0 education reform community.
We believe that discussing the need to improve education in the context of economic opportunity will reframe what has traditionally been a polarized debate and will engage previously disengaged organizations and individuals. Our policy platform holds that targets, talent, tools, responsibility, and research are the most important factors for transforming the education system, and the President’s role in these five inter-linked areas includes working closely with Congress, the Department of Education, and the National Governors Association (NGA) to invest in education and foster innovation by funding R&D and pilots, highlighting success, and providing incentives for bold reforms.
The national conversation about public education reform is full of great ideas, and with unprecedented federal spending levels, more money is flowing into the system. But great ideas and financing are not enough. We need people – those most connected to education policy and practice, and the broader constituency of the passionate – to do the hard work of developing, sharing, and implementing best practices.
Hope Street Group's pilot project using Policy 2.0, our unique online community, resulted in "Policy 2.0: Using Open Innovation to Reform Teacher Evaluation Systems." The report was launched at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on October 26th.
The newly formed Coalition for Student Achievment, to which Hope Street Group belongs, called on Secretary Duncan to enact strict guidance on how states can use ARRA education funds.
A Hope Street Group summary of the Department of Education's guidance around the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund.
A summary of Hope Street Group's approach to education policy, including past accomplishments and future areas of focus.
Hope Street Group’s economic opportunity platform includes specific education policy recommendations that are aligned with many of the guiding principles and proposed reforms that accompany funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). We believe that in today’s economic environment, education investments must be prioritized for those initiatives that have the power to jumpstart and then continually fuel our economic recovery.
How much opportunity do Americans have today compared to 25 years ago? How does opportunity compare across gender and racial groups? What will matter most in ensuring opportunity in America in the future?
America's education system is losing ground internationally. In 2006, American 15-year olds ranked 25th out of 30 industrialized countries in math and 21st in science. Meanwhile, taxpayers pay an estimated $1 billion annually to cover remedial college courses simply because a high school diploma no longer guarantees students are prepared for college.
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