Statewide Districts: A Way to Unleash Creative New Learning Options--and Study Them as They Grow

Autor/inn/en	Lake, Robin; Young, Kelly
Institution	Arizona State University (ASU), Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Titel	Statewide Districts: A Way to Unleash Creative New Learning Options--and Study Them as They Grow
Quelle	(2022), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Public Education; School Districts; State Programs; State Government; COVID-19; Pandemics; State Policy; School Community Relationship; School Business Relationship; College School Cooperation; Access to Education; Educational Innovation; Educational Finance; Governance; Human Resources; Research and Development; Florida; North Carolina; New Hampshire; Arizona; Nevada (Las Vegas) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Erziehung; School district; Schulbezirk; Regierungsprogramm; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Bildungsfonds; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Humankapital; Forschung und Entwicklung
Abstract	An abundance of opportunities to innovate in public education have emerged post-pandemic and the rules for defining how schooling works are up for grabs like never before. Yet, school districts are struggling to keep teachers on the job and schools open, much less address the mental health and academic toll of the pandemic. How can school systems possibly find the bandwidth to act on new visions for public education when their leaders are constantly trapped in crisis mode? One particular mechanism might allow them to pull this off: statewide school districts. This report outlines several existing statewide oversight efforts that overcome barriers that traditionally constrain schools or traditional districts. The report also explains how statewide districts could promote creative new learning options, including the following: (1) Providing infrastructure and support to allow cities, community groups, or even individuals to form small learning communities; (2) Creating a statewide system to validate students' learning, and to provide credit for those efforts; (3) Allowing youth to access a variety of service providers and mentors; (4) Ensuring all families can access educational options; and (5) Conducting or commissioning research on K-12 education innovations. We can't afford to allow possibilities that came into view during the pandemic to vanish in a rush to return to normal school operations, nor can we afford to watch innovations flourish outside of public education but remain inaccessible to students who stand to benefit from them. We need to build public-education systems that encourage and support innovation--and we need new state policies to help encourage those actions. [This report was written with contributions from Travis Pillow and Emily Liebtag. Education Reimagined partnered with the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) to co-author this paper.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Center on Reinventing Public Education. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. H.B. Farmer Education Building, 1050 S Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281. e-mail: crpe@uw.edu; Web site: https://crpe.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01