The Alliance for Education - Big Plans for SPS
The Alliance For Education released their own strategic plan today. On the plus side, not so much ed jargon. Good job. On the down side, well, there's a lot. - Their foundational beliefs statement doesn't include teachers. Seems like something of a "whoops." (Unless they are calling teachers "leadership" which is not exactly where most people's thoughts would go when you were talking about district/school leadership.) - The work they did on their planning process didn't include teachers or parents. Seems like if your "singular purpose" is "promoting excellence in public education" those might be some people to ask. (Oh wait, Alliance head Sara Morris is an SPS parent so maybe that input was enough.) - The Alliance is taking credit for "gains" in academic progress over the last five years. I'd like to see the data on that one. - Still using that disrespectful "human capital" phrase. W...