Which states are innovative in education? A new report card.

11-10-2009

By Amanda Paulson/The Christian Science Monitor

If states truly want to improve their education systems, they need to do away with the rules, regulations, and bureaucracies that stymie innovation. That's one message from a new report that measures states on how well they foster education innovation, grading them in areas ranging from finance and school management to how well they hire effective teachers and remove ineffective ones. Ultimately, say the report's authors, they hope not to prescribe new fads or "silver bullet" solutions, but to highlight the sorts of innovations that are leading schools where they need to go. "A lot of the states have tried some things, but they haven't tried all the things we argue would be useful to creating a more innovative environment for success," says John Podesta, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, one of the report's authors. (more...)

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