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Opinion Editorials (Op-Eds) | Talking About… | Frequently Asked Questions | Brochures and Explainers
Opinion Editorials (Op-Eds)
The following op-eds appeared in newspapers and on websites across northern New England. They cover a wide range of issues but all of them incorporate the framed story of education and learning.
Champlain Valley Union High School: an op-ed about the school’s re-design efforts by Andre LaChance, English teacher and school advisor.
Theordora J. Kalikow, President, University of Southern Maine, weighs in on education reform.
David Theoharides, Superintendent, Sanford School Department in Maine shares his thoughts on proficiency-based graduation requirements.
Talking About…
Tammy Davis, Superintendent, Winnisquam Regional School District in New Hampshire, talks about systemic reform in the first in a series of newspaper columns.
The following documents and links reflect recommendations based on the results of research on how Americans think about education and learning. Understanding what we are up against in the public square is important if we are to overcome the entrenched ways of thinking that will undermine our efforts to move student-centered education forward.
Talking About System Redesign
A set of Talking Points created by the Shaping Our Future Together statewide campaign in Vermont.
Talking About 21st Century Skills
A summary of why the common use of the term“21st century skills” may not help your efforts to build public understanding.
Talking About the Achievement Gap
A summary of how the term “achievement gap” could inadvertently reinforce individual blame and the idea that some are simply more capable than others.
Talking About Equity and Disparities (16:08)
A video about what research has revealed on the gap between expert and public thinking about educational equity, and how to close it.
Talking About School Budgets
A summary of the problems with talking about school budgets in conventional ways and how to get out of common traps.
Talking About Common Core State Standards
One part of an extensive toolkit created by FrameWorks Institute on behalf of the Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation.
Talking About Digital Media and Learning
A set of talking points to guide conversations about digital media, and about learning more generally.
Talking About Response to Instruction (RTI)
A graphic describing the Winnisquam Regional School District’s Response to Instruction strategy, a key component of the district’s larger district re-design process.
Frequently Asked Questions
These documents can help you create well-framed responses to questions about student-centered learning, district/school redesign, and other issues related to education and learning.
FAQs: Vermont’s Changing Education System
Questions and well-framed responses about new, student-centered legislation in Vermont.
FAQs: Digital Media and Learning
Common questions and well-framed responses about learning in general and digital media in particular.
FrameWorks Institute Education Reform Toolkit: Frequently Asked Questions
Brochures & Explainers
The following brochures and explainers are good models for what districts, schools and non-profit organizations might create to build public understanding of student-centered approaches to learning and system change. Please see Making Original Products for additional examples.
British Columbia’s Education Plan
A description of student-centered learning as articulated by the Ministry of Education in British Columbia, Canada.
Deering High School, Portland Maine
A document that describes the high school’s remodeling efforts and its move toward global education, including its affiliation with the International Studies Schools Network (ISSN).
Winooski Middle High School, Winooski, Vermont
A brief description of the school’s redesign efforts that went home with school progress reports.
Pittsfield Middle High School, New Hampshire
A condensed version of the Pittsfield Explainer, used by the district to build understanding of student-centered learning.