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27 Jan Hope Street Group Applauds Proposed Race to the Top Expansion

Posted at 01:23h in Publications

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 “Hope Street Group applauds the President’s focus on education and the proposed expansion of Race to the Top’s reforms to all 50 states through the renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Race to the Top has already unleashed fundamental state...

26 Oct Using Open Innovation to Improve Teacher Evaluation Systems

Posted at 18:36h in Publications

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Working from the premise that teacher evaluations are a meaningful part of ensuring that all students have access to a high-quality education, Hope Street Group’s policy team developed the following recommendations and principles for teacher evaluations: Objective measures of student achievement...

26 Oct Report Created with K-12 Teachers Recommends Reforming Teacher Evaluations

Posted at 01:22h in Publications

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Teacher evaluations should include objective measures of student achievement; drive additional support for teachers; and be used to make hiring, retention and tenure decisions. These are some of the recommendations in “Policy 2.0: Using Open Innovation to Reform Teacher Evaluation Systems,” a report released today...

10 Jul Gothamschools.org previews Teacher Evaluation Systems policy project

Posted at 01:19h in Publications

Friday, July 10th, 2009 New York education blog Gothamschools.org previews a new Hope Street Group online policy collaboration project working to define elements of a quality teacher evaluation system: A group of 28 teachers, administrators, and policymakers have taken on a lofty summer assignment: They plan to come up...

03 Apr Additional quotes from supporters of the Health Care Reform Agenda

Posted at 18:38h in Publications

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Working group participants expand on their support for Hope Street Group principles. Additional Quotes ...

02 Apr Bipartisan Working Group on Health Care Reform Letter to the President

Posted at 18:40h in Publications

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 The April 2, 2009, letter to the president requesting incorporation of Hope Street Group recommendations into reform proposals. BWG on Healthcare Open Letter to President ...