Advice from educators & policymakers
“Dramatically increase access”
Arne Duncan is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chicago Public Schools. Prior to his appointment, he was Deputy Chief of Staff for former Schools CEO Paul Vallas.
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“If education is the civil rights issue of the 21st century, than it should be treated as such”
Marlon Unas Esguerra is a Special Education teacher at New Design High School in New York City. He’s also a poet, writer and DJ.
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“A real holistic accountability system for schools”
Dr. Scott Conti is the principal of New Design High School in New York City.
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“Encouraging [teachers] to stay”
Margaret Gaston is president of the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning.
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“The need for far-improved assessment”
Monty Neill is deputy director of Fair Test, a Cambridge, Mass.-based nonprofit that works to advance quality education and equal opportunity by promoting fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial evaluations of students, teachers and schools.
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“None of the bells & whistles”
Phillip Howard is founder and president of Common Good, a non-profit, non-partisan legal reform coalition.
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“Support for teachers and assessments”
Thomas Payzant is a professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to that, he served as superintendent of the Boston Public Schools.
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“Why is it that many of our children aren’t ready for school?”
Mark Ginsberg is the Executive Director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
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“Call upon people from all backgrounds”
Wendy Kopp is founder and president of Teach for America, the national teaching corps.
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“Rethink education policy to involve things beyond school”
Paul Tough is an editor at the New York Times Magazine and the author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America.
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