Monday, May 28th, 2012 Over 70 of the nation’s most influential political, business, civic leaders and practitioners gathered at Hope Street Group’s annual Colloquium on May 24, 2012. This year’s meeting, themed “Beyond the Election”, gathered top leaders together for a full day of idea generation,...
Teachers: What are your misconceptions about the Common Core? I recently read an article in the Washington Post written by a disgruntled teacher who just received his ”training” in the Common Core. As a Student Achievement Partners (SAP) Fellow, I have had the opportunity to work closely with...
While working in government for about 10 years before joining Hope Street Group, I saw examples of great policy ideas that could’ve been helpful in solving some of the big problems facing the country. Often, however, the good idea or proposal would lack a key element...
I learned a new application for an old word in a recent article in Education Week (Vol. 31, No. 27). The word is “churn”. While the traditional definition is “to stir or agitate violently”, in this article, it refers to the practice of moving teachers...
I am completely stymied over the current trend to publish the evaluation scores of teachers in the press. The Los Angeles Unified School District started releasing teacher scores in 2010 with the Los Angeles Times doing their own internal “value-added” statistical analysis which was somewhat different...
“Employers are increasingly saying that they don’t just need people with basic job skills, but people who are creative (and) who can generate new ideas and new ways of solving problems,” ~Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg – Massachusetts We want all students to be college and career ready...