Ensuring America’s Future Productivity: Trends for Education Policy Susan Sclafani Chartwell Education Group

1. Ensuring America’s Future Productivity: Trends for Education Policy Susan Sclafani Chartwell Education Group

2. Policy and Politics in EducationTrendsFrom 2000-2005 • Accountability • AYP vs. Value-Added • SWD and ELLs • Group Size and Confidence Intervals • Small is Better • Reduced Class Size • Small Schools • Smaller Learning Communities

3. Policy and Politics in EducationTrendsFrom 2000-2005 • Charter Schools • 80% of Per Pupil Funding • Replications: KIPP, The Met, • Need for Centralized Support Services • Opposing Views • Reading/Math/Science Wars • Back to Basics vs. Integrated Education • Test Focused vs. Learning Focused • Global Competition   

4. Policy and Politics in EducationTrendsFrom 2005-2010 • Accountability • Business Voiceon NAEP vs. State Results • Sub Group Performance is Major Focus • Union Contracts Aligned to NCLB • Focus on the Individual • Customized Instruction • Any Where, Any Time Learning • Internships/Externships • Individualized Schedules

5. Policy and Politics in EducationTrendsFrom 2005-2010 • Entrepreneurship • School-based Innovation • Public/Private-Sector Partnerships • Home/Community-Based Learning • Students • Teachers • Parents • Community Expertise Available to Students

6. What’s Needed in Math and Science Education • Teacher Preparation and Professional Development. • Targets content in benchmarks and standards • Incorporates elements of good instruction • Works in context of curriculum materials • Coherent curriculum K-12 • Targets content in benchmarks and standards • Incorporates elements of good instruction • Tells a story • Published research on student learning of specific ideas

7. What’s Needed in High School Redesign • Public Engagement Strategies • Help parents see the need for change • Work with business/community leaders • Provide “cover” for local administrators • Help move from “good” to “great” • Leadership Development • Instructional coaching • Change Management • Turnaround Expertise • Teacher Development • Content Knowledge • Repertoire of Strategies • New Models for instruction • Use of Technology for Interactions and Relevance

8. Opportunities in Vocational Education • Connect Career and Technical Education to Academics • Help Teachers Work as Colleagues • Create Opportunities for Business and Industry to Partner and Provide Experiences In Community • Create Relevance for Students • Design Assessments that Reflect Real-World 21st Century Skills • Assess Problem-Solving and Communications Skills • Design Tasks that Reflect Career Interests • Provide Assessments Requiring Creative Solutions

9. Challenges Facing USA • Low Levels of Literacy • Thirty Per Cent of Students Dropping Out • Disengagement Levels of Majority of Students • Greater Technological Innovation Means Higher Skills Required in Industry • Fewer Research Papers Authored by US Scientists/Mathematicians/Engineers • Fewer Patents Filed by US Citizens

10. Suggestions for Areas of Focus • Make “Systemic Alignment” Real to Practitioners • Provide Data Analysis Tools That Teachers and Principals Can Use to Develop Their Own Capacity for Change • Develop Models of New Education System • Help Communities Develop New Vision of Schooling

11. Chartwell Education Group • Assist School Districts To Identify and Implement Solutions • Strategize with State Education Agencies • Enable Philanthropists to Make Wise Investments • Advise Investors on Areas of Focus in Education Sector • Provide Advice to Companies in Education Sector