CRPE, based out of the University of Washington, is focused on the complex systemic challenges affecting public education. The organization develops, tests, and supports evidence-based solutions to create new possibilities for the parents, educators, and public officials who strive to improve America’s schools.
One of their regular publications, The Lens, addresses tough issues in American education today. Recently, one of their contributors, Robin Lake, wrote a piece about the crucial role of school districts in setting up individual schools for success. Following is an excerpt from the article:
Personalized learning and Common Core Standards are the focus of most major school districts and charter school networks. Educators and parents know students must be better prepared to think deeply about complex problems and to have skills that are relevant for jobs that haven’t yet been created.
While promising new school models are showing what’s possible, innovation in the classroom or even the school building only takes you so far. Without parallel changes in district-wide systems, efforts to support an academic sea change, like Common Core, are doomed to fail. Twenty-first century learning practices demand twenty-first century systems…
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