Reach has as its core mission the
improvement of
student achievement outcomes as predictors of success
in college or career
in the 21st century, bringing attention to high -
leverage instructional practices, including LDC, that empower teachers with effective practices, and a focus on a set of core habits (
student engagement, academic
learning behaviors, differentiation, intentionality, data analysis, and language and thinking development).
For now, I see my role as helping people understand their problem and the system that produces it, test possible change ideas as part of their theory of
improvement, and fail fast to
learn quickly to identify high
leverage changes
in their local contexts that are actually moving the needle on
student outcomes.