Comments on: Philanthropy's influence on State Education Policy – Bold Ideas or More Tinkering: The Case of Ohio http://thecivicfabric.org/2009/02/05/philanthropys-influence-on-state-education-policy-bold-ideas-or-more-tinkering-the-case-of-ohio/ Thoughts From the Stair Stepper Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:13:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Jaroscak http://thecivicfabric.org/2009/02/05/philanthropys-influence-on-state-education-policy-bold-ideas-or-more-tinkering-the-case-of-ohio/#comment-112 Jeff Jaroscak Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:50:45 +0000 http://www.thecivicfabric.org/?p=518#comment-112 I have been thinking about the nature of change in schools. I am not sure that I can name one significant programming change that has come about from within the public schools. For example, could you ever imagine that a group of superintendents would get together and decide that they ought to assess their students regularly and then report those scores to the media? If we did not have NCLB, would public schools be worrying about the performance of sub-groups within their student population? (Special Education, English Language Learners) If we want to identify and push forward a different agenda, I think we ought to look at entities outside of the public education sector. I have been thinking about the nature of change in schools. I am not sure that I can name one significant programming change that has come about from within the public schools. For example, could you ever imagine that a group of superintendents would get together and decide that they ought to assess their students regularly and then report those scores to the media?

If we did not have NCLB, would public schools be worrying about the performance of sub-groups within their student population? (Special Education, English Language Learners)

If we want to identify and push forward a different agenda, I think we ought to look at entities outside of the public education sector.

]]> By: Jeff Jaroscak http://thecivicfabric.org/2009/02/05/philanthropys-influence-on-state-education-policy-bold-ideas-or-more-tinkering-the-case-of-ohio/#comment-111 Jeff Jaroscak Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:14:35 +0000 http://www.thecivicfabric.org/?p=518#comment-111 John, Another thoughtful post. While I concur with your thinking about the "Department of Innovation" to be housed within ODE being akin asking the creators of the box to think outside it, I am not as disheartened about the overall tenor of the plan. John,

Another thoughtful post. While I concur with your thinking about the “Department of Innovation” to be housed within ODE being akin asking the creators of the box to think outside it, I am not as disheartened about the overall tenor of the plan.

]]> By: John http://thecivicfabric.org/2009/02/05/philanthropys-influence-on-state-education-policy-bold-ideas-or-more-tinkering-the-case-of-ohio/#comment-110 John Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:38:17 +0000 http://www.thecivicfabric.org/?p=518#comment-110 Weird that I comment on my own post, but NY Times Op Ed contributor, David Brooks wrote the following on the February 5th . "Moderate economists looked at the package and complained about the vast parts that don’t even pretend to stimulate. Education reformers took a look at the education section and noted that the huge amount of money is not leveraged to produce any real reform." Although it references the Federal stimulus package, it captures my sentiment about the Ohio budget. Weird that I comment on my own post, but NY Times Op Ed contributor, David Brooks wrote the following on the February 5th .

“Moderate economists looked at the package and complained about the vast parts that don’t even pretend to stimulate. Education reformers took a look at the education section and noted that the huge amount of money is not leveraged to produce any real reform.”

Although it references the Federal stimulus package, it captures my sentiment about the Ohio budget.

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