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27 May Jumping to Conclusions About the Common Core: limited exposure leads to limited understanding

Posted at 20:32h in Education

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...

22 May Bringing people together to solve the unemployment crisis

Posted at 20:38h in Jobs

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...

25 Apr Teachers are Not Widgets

Posted at 20:43h in Education

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...

01 Apr The 21st Century Scarlet Letter?

Posted at 20:50h in Education

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...

12 Mar Creative Approaches to Evaluating Schools

Posted at 20:52h in Education

“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...

27 Feb Ensuring Intentional Innovations

Posted at 20:56h in Education

Innovation, autonomy, and flexibility are just some of the buzz words resonating through our nation’s education reform efforts to provide more local control to schools and teachers. Because the contexts of school communities and students’ lives matter, it is critical to offer avenues through which teachers and school...