Insideschools.org » Principal’s Perspective: Ted Sizer’s legacy:
"“Inspiration, hunger: these are the qualities that drive good schools. The best we [educators] can do is to create the most likely conditions for them to flourish, and then get out of their way.” — Ted Sizer, Founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools
Several weeks ago, I attended the Fall Forum of the Coalition of Essential Schools,an organization started 25 years ago by Ted Sizer, a great man who passed away in October. I was both inspired and saddened.
Saddened because I see the ways in which movements to create and sustain innovative places of learning can be marginalized due to the intense testing pressure that school leaders face. It takes much longer, and is much harder, to create a nurturing community of learners, and to change the beliefs and values of adults to create that culture, than it is to look at and analyze test scores."
Students Remember KIPP: Preface
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Lots of policy people, educators, parents, and even union leaders were
initially attracted to the concept of charter schools by happy talk of
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