Show Off Your Letter For Real Ed Reform!
The time to post your ed reform bona fides is upon us. No matter where you are on the spectrum of people talking about better models of teaching and learning, there are two things that we all agree on:
The singular focus on high-stakes, basic skill test scores as a measure of "adequate yearly progress" has warped the entire educational system and must be changed.
The practice of closing and "transforming" schools has been disruptive and destructive for already struggling communities.
We need an education policy that has a more intelligent view of progress and that doesn't constantly seek to identify the "lowest 5%" or "lowest 10%" of the schools to shut them down.
Policies are pieces of paper; the aren't tweets captured by our already-in-agreement followers. There is a piece of
