Straight Up Conversation: SAP Honcho Jason Zimba
by Frederick M. Hess • Feb 11, 2013 at 7:04 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
Cross-posted from Education Week
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You didn't think the ferment around Common Core could keep building? Hah! Prepare for several more years of increasing wackiness. In the middle of it all is Jazon Zimba, founding principal of Student Achievement Partners (SAP) and the man who continued to lead SAP after David Coleman went off to head up the College Board. SAP is a major player in Common Core implementation, especially with the aid of $18 million in support from the GE Foundation. Zimba was the lead writer on the Common Core mathematics standards. He earned his doctorate in mathematical physics from Berkeley, co-founded the Grow Network with Coleman, and previously taught physics and math at Bennington College. He's a private dude who lives up in New England and has not been part of the Beltway policy conversation. I'd never met Zimba, until we had the chance to sit down last week.
Now, I think readers know that I'm of two minds when it comes to the Common Core. On the one hand, it
