Saturday, January 15, 2011

keep running into the need for bold

friend on triiibes shared this link. on Michelle Rhee's 1 billion on ed.
now i've been talking with Bonnie about meshing up moneys with what works.

per Rhee's comment, i emailed co senator Mike Johnston.

Diane sent me these:
http://www.nationallabnetwork.org/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/educate-innovate

wrote her back:
this is why we're still in a rut. we're basing all our efforts off and spending all our monies on data, like PISA. people wanting to do good or feeling pressure to come up with a solution are just focusing on what we've always focused on. they change a few little things or words so that it feels like reform, but it's so not.

we're not asking people what success is to them. which is the very first question to ask/discuss. without taking time to find that out - most everything that follows becomes invalid.

funny thing is that this voice of reason, to let people decide, is what govern/business claims is invalid. it's scary to give up control like that.






gosh let's work together.
notice unexpected solutions, dream boldly, connect unlikely people/info, do what matters

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