by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work
for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre
for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration:
Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and
educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones
for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre
for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting
opportunities for all
young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning
for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre
for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.
It will support an
educational campaign to capture the imagination of
young people who can help us meet the energy challenge, and will
create research
opportunities for undergraduates and
educational opportunities for women and minorities who too often have been underrepresented in scientific and technological fields, but are no less capable of inventing the solutions that will help us grow our economy and save our planet.
It is a partnership between the city of Oberlin and Oberlin College to: (1)
create a sustainable economy driven, first, by the redevelopment of a 13 acre Green Arts District to USGBC platinumnd standards; (2) achieve climate neutrality; (3)
create a 20,000 acre greenbelt
for a revived local farm economy; (4)
create an
educational collaborative including the College, public schools, a Vo - Tech School, and a Two year College to prepare
young people for the challenges and
opportunities of the 21st century; and (5) replicate our experience through a network of similar efforts at varying scales and circumstances nationwide.