Make no mistake, the gravity
of this agenda has
shifted away from the majority party; one
need not look any further than the Governor's riff on charter
schools and their importance to the minority
community.
To that end, CZI is aspiring to foster «a collaborative
community of leading researchers, practitioners, advocates, and policymakers committed to: continuing to explore and advance the science, including by testing new research methodologies that surface the unique
needs of individual children; designing and providing the tools and systems
of support necessary to help educators and
school leaders implement SoLD - aligned practice
shifts; advancing science - informed national, state and district policies; and working to limit practices and policies that the science makes clear are detrimental to children's learning and development.»
Instead
of funding the interests and priorities
of the academic
community, the federal government
needs to
shift its focus toward enabling researchers to support a culture
of evidence discovery within
school agencies.