Publications Issue All Student-Centered Learning DesignsEducator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared Power Sponsoring Charters: A Resource Guide for Minnesota Authorizers Report • February 2004 A guide for charter school authorizing, from the decision to authorize through contract development. It covers how to assist and oversee the school, and clarifies the relationship to and duties of the state department of education, the sponsor and the board of the chartered school. It also explains the 'Sponsor-Initiated School,' whereby an authorizer actively solicits new school proposals. Windows on the Next Generation of Charter Schools and Chartering Speech • May 2004 A look at the next generation of chartered schools and the environment in which they live. We will need to diversify charter authorizers, document the progress of existing chartered schools, find ways to finance facilities and transportation, and find new ways to organize extra-curricular activities. We Cannot Get the Schools We Need by Changing the Schools We Have Speech • May 2004 While almost everyone wants schools to be better, almost nobody wants them to be different. And, we overestimate the ability of leadership to change organizations in more than incremental ways. The internal culture heavily constrains change. A speech by Joe Graba at a national meeting of foundations. Will More Money Alone Produce Better Results? Article • February 2003 Many American tax payers seem willing to raise their taxes to further fund public education. While lack of funding is often viewed as being at the root of our failing education system, raises in per-pupil spending have shown to be less influential than we'd like to believe. Might there be another answer to fixing schools? Who Should Adapt: Students to School or School to Students? Article • July 1996 Education policy is dominated by people who themselves did well in school. As a result, they believe conventional school must be OK and that students should adjust to it. Students give a different view. But nobody much listens to them, or thinks the job of educators and policy makers is to adapt school to the students. Key Ideas from Innovation-Based Systemic Reform Paper Download Full ReportBack to Paper Summary Download Full ReportBack to Paper Home Page Where National Education Policy Goes Next – To Succeed Thank you for your feedback on the first draft of this paper. A revised, final version will be available sometime in the coming months. In the meantime, please see our […] Clayton Christensen on Education|Evolving’s Influence Clayton Christensen on Education|Evolving’s influence on his own thinking about K-12 Education* “Managing innovation successfully has been the primary focus of my research and writing at Harvard. I’m a teacher, […] Disrupting Class – Experts Are Saying What leading educators and education policy leaders are saying about Disrupting Class. “A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education. JIM COLLINS, best selling […] Disrupting Class – In The News Awards and recognitions Amazon.com’s #1 bestseller in “education policy reform” for most of 2009 “Fifty Books of Our Times” by Newsweek magazine “10 Best Books on Innovation, 2008” by Business […] Post navigation ← Previous 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 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.