Publications Issue All Student-Centered Learning DesignsEducator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared Power Asking the Unasked: Reflection on a Series About Closing the “Achievement Gap” Meeting Notes • April 2016 In October of 2015, Education Evolving (EE) produced a three-session series in partnership with the Achievement Gap Committee, each session examining a different dimension of the challenge to close the gap in achievement across different categories of students. This report is a selective summary of the main points and questions highlighted in this series. Jal Mehta and the Futures of School Reform for Minnesota Meeting Notes • November 2013 “The Futures of School Reform” is a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, coordinated by Jal Mehta. In October 2013, E|E invited Mehta to Minnesota to talk about the five alternative futures. Here are notes on the project from E|E’s Ted Kolderie, and on what he thought was most significant for the education policy discussion in Minnesota. Finland: Their System, Their Schools Meeting Notes • August 2012 Detailed notes on the Finnish schools and education system, from Ted Kolderie’s visit to Finland August 20-24, 2012. Ted was part of an American delegation assembled by the National Public Education Support Fund. The meetings were arranged locally by Pasi Sahlberg from CIMO. Pasi Sahlberg Tells Minnesota About Finland Meeting Notes • July 2012 Pasi Sahlberg had a day of conversations with Minnesotans on July 19, 2012 about the schools in Finland. An official in the Ministry of Education and Culture in Helsinki, Sahlberg is probably the person most involved with explaining to countries around the world about the education system that Finland developed beginning about 1970. How a School Looks When Managed by a Teacher Partnership Meeting Notes • June 2008 There’s growing interest in improving the “management of human capital” in K-12: teacher recruitment, retention, compensation, accountability, etc. Usually this suggests ‘better administration.’ Yet, these decisions might be better made by teachers running a professional partnership. This interview with teacher Carrie Bakken addresses how a partnership handles running a public school. Paul Grogan on How Foundations Can Leverage Change Meeting Notes • March 2008 Notes from remarks by Paul Grogan, head in 20008 of the Boston Foundation, on the challenges of inner-city public education, and how foundations can leverage change. Early, Grogan worked for two mayors of Boston. He ran the national office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation in New York. L. Scott Miller on the Achievement Gap and “Within-class” Disparities Meeting Notes • March 2008 Notes from December 2007 conversations with L. Scott Miller about minority achievement in K12 and at the university levels. Scott argues that some of the greatest disparities in performance come “within-class,” and that greater focus placed on African American and Hispanic students among middle and professional classes. Teacher Ownership and Teacher Unions Meeting Notes • February 2003 A teacher from Milwaukee describes for the Teacher Union Reform Network the arrangement in Milwaukee—a variation on Wisconsin’s chartering law—that gives a partnership of professional teachers full authority and responsibility for the school while protecting both the teachers and the union on the economic front. Conversations with Alternative School Students at MAAP Conference Meeting Notes • May 2002 Interview notes from conversations with students at a conference of leaders from Minnesota alternative schools. Students were asked why they attend alternative learning programs, what they like about their programs, and what mainstream school could have done to better serve their needs. Clayton Christensen: Why Organizations Find Major Change So Difficult Meeting Notes • November 2001 Clayton Christensen explains how hard it is for existing organizations to change in more than incremental ways, and why significant change requires the creation of new organizations. His research has huge implications for a K-12 strategy that relies on the notion that it will be possible to improve the schools we have. Post navigation 1 2 3 Next → Stay In Touch Get updates, new publications, fresh analysis, and event invitations in your inbox. First Name Last Name Email Address State What do you want to receive? Monthly newsletter (once per month) Blog posts by email (about two per month) See past newsletters in the archive.