Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/12/15
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CORPORATE ED REFORM
CORE Districts are "Fronts" for Gates, Waltons, Broad et al
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As Director of Professional Capital for CORE, Ginger will lead the work to implement required systems related to the ESEA Waiver’s School Quality Improvement System, Principle 3, as well as support meaningful learning opportunities to engage participants in collaborative cultures around the most critical issues of professional capital facing our schools. Ginger’s early career was as a teacher and school administrator in schools in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. In the last 10 years, her work turned to education policy where she worked at education policy centers at two universities, conducted educational research, developed policy, managed implementation efforts and led numerous large projects involving educators and education stakeholders. 
Noah Bookman is the Chief Accountability Officer for CORE Districts, supporting the districts in implementing a first of its kind whole child approach to school accountability. Before CORE, Noah served as the Director of Performance Management for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). His responsibilities involved developing and implementing a coherent system to articulate, monitor and deliver outcomes for schools, for the regional and central office units that support and manage schools, and for the operational divisions of the District’s central office. Noah also played a leadership role in the District’s educator effectiveness initiative. Prior to re-joining LAUSD, Noah served as a Managing Director at the After-School-All-Stars (ASAS), a national after-school program for at-risk youth. Before ASAS he was an English teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District and served as Enrollment Director at the Oakland Unified School District. He is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles and has a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California’s Goldman School of Public Policy.
