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Richard Elmore and Elizabeth City posed some interesting questions in the sixth article in the Future of School Reform series. Their article, Using Technology to Move Beyond Schools, presents some interesting questions which I consolidated into the one question, What School Do You Want to Attend? They ask us to consider three possible scenarios…
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The fifth article, How to Improve Teacher Quality: Treat Teachers as Individuals?, in the Future of School Reform series is written by Frederick M. Hess, Greg M. Gunn, and Olivia M. Meek. In their article, they discuss the question of how best to fit a round peg in a square hole. The square hole is…
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Graduation rates in the United States continue to demonstrate how our education system is failing a large percentage of students. Education Week recently published their report entitled, Diplomas Counts 2010. This report takes a comprehensive look at the data that illustrates how well our education system is doing at graduating seniors in public schools across the…
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The fourth article in The Future of School Reform, A System of Learners, by Suzanne Loeb, Dona Goldhaber, and Michael Goldstein addresses the question, what is the impact quality teaching and leadership on improved student learning? There are striking examples that show the power that exceptional teachers and school leaders have to make a difference for…
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The diagram below represents my synthesis of the third article in the series, The Future of School Reform. The article, Government, Market, and the Mixed Model of American Education Reform, was written by Terry Moe and Paul Hill. The authors write, Choice is characterized by its detractors as a “free market” solution that would “privatize”…
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