love the man - some good stuff.. but seems more like defense..
and still too laced in the old paradigm..
First Step: Thoroughly Discredit Bogus Claims and False Solutionswhat about the Bill Strickland approach - simply build the thing we want...
discrediting/debunking seems more like defense
love nepc premise, love Bill Mathis, but they are playing defense... debunking a lot - which is good - but debunking is not getting to a hastening of equity, and their "defense" debunks - generally end with - and they did/didn't do well on the test, or some form of ongoing reliance on achievement gaps et al
not building/creating social fiction, et al.. not Bill Strickland.
Second Step: Develop a Comprehensive Critique of Market-Based Reformisn't a critique a defense?
Third Step: Redefine Accountabilityand got all excited about this.. - - community based vi Julian Vasquez Hellig (was thinking it might smell like Bunker Roy)
but too much emphasis on accountability.. even with emphasis of local.
then the words hit:
CBA strategic plan developed at the local level would serve as alternatives to NCLB's intense focus on a top-down, one-size-fits-all policy. It would enable local communities to focus on the outcomes that really matter in addition to test scores (i.e. career readiness, college readiness, safety).ouch.
dang.
Fourth Step: Build Our Capacity to Fighthmm. isn't fighting defense?
let's build what we want, not fight what we don't want.
let's redefine.
What do you think? Is it time to get off defense? What steps should we take?these - perhaps -
http://redefineschool.com/
http://redefineschool.com/632/literally-redefine/