The "Successful" Failure of ED in '08?
by Frederick M. Hess • Jun 22, 2012 at 8:29 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
Cross-posted from Education Week
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Given my interest in edu-philanthropy and education advocacy, I'm predictably taken by Alexander Russo's behind-the-scenes tale "The Successful Failure of ED in '08." Examining an effort that is generally recalled as a major Gates-Broad partnership that flopped, Russo argues that the whole exercise was more impactful, significant, and instructive than is widely recognized.
Russo, a veteran education journalist best known for his "This Week in Education" blog, details what happened when two major edu-foundations shelled out a combined $25 million (less than the projected $60 million, but still the largest ed-advocacy effort to that point) in a push to make education central to the 2008
