Fixing Public Education "The January Model"
Abstract: FIXING PUBLIC EDUCATION Audacious title, isn’t it, “FIXING PUBLIC EDUCATION”? What could these experienced experts in education possibly tell us we have not already heard? 1) We keep it simple. (Not easy. Simple.) 2) Our premise is that many of the problems plaguing schools – funding, reform, discipline, dropouts, achievement gaps, a general lack of enthusiasm for learning, and disengaged students and faculty, as well as the “accountability issues” we are trying to pressurize, standardize, and test our way out of – CAN be reduced, if not permanently eradicated, by adopting what we call the January Education Model of Excellence. It can begin now…each teacher could implement small pieces. A school or school system or state could implement the January Education Model 100%. 3) AND, we can still keep (or regain) our “edge” internationally – a perennial concern for corporate America and political leaders. What should “school” then be?
Presider: Brenda Vogds, Eastern Carver County School