In the course of their research over the past decade, the authors have distilled five essential components for quality conversations around data: (1) Students are the shared
responsibility of everyone in the school, (2) conversations about data include a healthy level of disagreement, (3) conversations about data engender trust rather than suspicion, (4) data teams focus on a solution - oriented approach, and (5) data teams are broadly aware of what they're expected to accomplish.
Not exact matches
I am not, as you claim, absolving
everyone else from all
responsibility (my appearance on the hate list
of so many local
school admins is testament to my history
of holding people here responsible), but the PRIMARY
responsibility for the mess this country is
in when it comes to food, nutrition, obesity and health, has very little to do with what goes on
in school cafeterias.
There is one focused course
of study (history, language - English and Spanish - and the arts; mathematics, science, and technology; and health);
everyone is enrolled
in it; an appropriate path for each student is developed (every child has a «personal learning plan»); most teachers have
responsibility for no more than 50 students (this on a per - pupil budget that is the same or less than
in nearby public secondary
schools).
But plans are only words on paper unless
everyone in the
school system — from the board
of education and superintendent on down — fully understands and takes
responsibility for their unique communication roles.
Rob Powers, a social studies teacher at Apponequet Regional High
School in Lakeville, Massachusetts, participated
in the Teach Plus program last year because, he says, the Common Core puts the
responsibility of teaching literacy on
everyone, not just English teachers.
We agree with the president and education secretary on the urgent need for reform
of our education system, and their assertions that
everyone — educators, policymakers, students, parents, and community and business leaders — needs to assume greater
responsibility for improved outcomes
in our
schools.