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Education Reform in the United States
Mark J. JordanRethinking Schools and Organizations
ELC-773
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Questions of Inquiry
• What is the purpose of our educational system?
• How has the U.S. responded to the educational needs of its youth?
• Who are the stakeholders in our educational system?
• Where is our educational system heading?• How will our educational system improve?
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Spring (2014)
What is the Purpose?
• Improve America’s position in the global system
• Reduce poverty• Prepare youth to enter the workforce or
college (but mostly college)• Instill morality and nationalism
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How has the U.S. Responded?
Sears & Hyslop-Margison (2007)
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How has the U.S. Responded?
• Crisis 1: Launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957– Perception of losing scientific edge– Progressive curricula to blame– Reform education: Essentialism– Focus on mathematics, science, and foreign
language– The National Defense Education Act of 1958
(NDEA)
Kessinger (2011)
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How Has the U.S. Responded?
• Crisis 2: High Poverty Rates– Link between education and poverty– War on Poverty declared in 1964– Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA)• Categorical aid• Tied federal aid to national concerns• Linked federal aid to educational programs• States responsible for administering funds
Kessinger (2011); Spring (2014)
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How Has the U.S. Responded?
• Crisis 3: A Nation at Risk (1983)– Losing our shine in certain markets– Loss of moral character– Curriculum, student expectations, instruction
time, and teaching practices were faulted
Kessinger (2011); U.S. Department of Education (1983)
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How Has the U.S. Responded?
19942001
2009
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Who are the stakeholders?
• No Child Left Behind– The Heritage Foundation– AEI– Conservative media
outlets– The Manhattan Institute– The Christian Coalition
• Race to the Top– Boykin Curry Eagle
Capital– inBloom– Pearson– Sylvan
Spring (2014)
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How Does the U.S. Measure Up? Reading Scores
Kena et al. (2014), (p.112)
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How Does the U.S. Measure Up? Math Scores
Kena et al. (2014), (p.113)
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How Does the U.S. Measure Up? Reading Scores by Race
Kena et al. (2014), (p.114)
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Kena et al. (2014), (p.115)
How Does the U.S. Measure Up? Math Scores by Race
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Graduation Rates
Kena et al. (2014), (p.138)
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Kena et al. (2014), (p.117)
How Does the U.S. Measure UP? International Assessments: Math Lit.
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Kena et al. (2014), (p.118)
How Does the U.S. Measure Up? International Assessments: Math Lit.
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Kena et al. (2014), (p.119)
How Does the U.S. Measure Up? International Assessments: Science Lit.
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Kena et al. (2014), (p.120)
How Does the U.S. Measure Up? International Assessment: Science Lit.
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How Does the U.S. Measure Up? International Assessment: Reading Lit.
Kena et al. (2014), (p.121)
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How Does the U.S. Measure Up? International Assessment: Reading Lit.
Kena et al. (2014), (p.122)
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Key Features of Recent Reform
• NCLB– School Choice– Free Market Theory– Accountability
• Race to the Top– Common Core– Charter Schools– Teacher Quality
Spring (2014)
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Where Are We Heading?
• Citizenship education?– Sears and Hyslop-Margison (2007) – Canadian
education reform– Laguardia and Pearl (2009) – American education
reform
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Citizenship Education?
• Disengagement of citizens– Poses a threat to the stability of democratic
societies– Education must address this crisis
Sears & Hyslop-Margison (2007)
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The Crises of Citizenship
• Ignorance of civic knowledge and processes• Alienation from politics and civil society• Agnosticism about the values of democracy
and democratic citizenship
Sears & Hyslop-Margison (2007)
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Laguardia & Pearl (2009)
Skills of Citizenship
• Critical thinking• Problem solving• Collective action
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The Crises of Citizenship
• Alienation from politics and civil society– Observed as the rapid decline in voting rates
(Sears & Hyslop-Margison, 2007)– Erosion of democracy (Laguardia & Pearl, 2009)
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Sears & Hyslop-Margison (2007)
The Crises of Citizenship
• Agnosticism about the values of democracy and democratic citizenship– Political and social extremism– Violent/destructive forms of activism– Rejection of values:• Respect for diversity• Open mindedness• Commitment to the common good
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Spring (2014)
The Crisis of Agnosticism
• U.S. Republican Agenda– Anti-multiculturalism– Pro-Life– Abstinence– Creationism
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Laguardia & Pearl (2009)
Citizenship Education
• Inclusion– Symbolic racism/ “Credential Society”
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OECD (2011)
Successful School Systems: Finland
• What lessons can be learned from Finland’s educational reform effort?– Closely intertwined in economic, political, and
cultural factors– Slow and deliberate, over 4 decades!
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OECD (2011)
Finland’s Educational History
• 1950 - Access to education was un-equitable– Only 6 years of basic education– Middle education limited access
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OECD (2011)
Finland’s Path of Educational Reform
• Cultural change in educational aspirations• Parliament response to public demand• Three reform commissions
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OECD (2011)
Finland: 1st Commission
• Launched in 1945• Focus on curriculum• Conducted field studies• Data driven reform policies
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OECD (2011)
Finland: 2nd Commission
• Launched in 1946• Proposed a common school serving grades 1-8• Opposition killed the proposal• Resurfaced 10 years later• Government mandated legislation for
common school• Implementation was slow and methodical
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OECD (2011)
Finland: A New Educational Movement
• New national core curriculum• Allowed tracking of students• Push for a highly skilled teaching force
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Finland: 3rd Commision
• Focus on increasing demand for secondary education
• Provided greater choices• Alternative pathways to higher education• Increased emphasis on work-based learning
initiatives
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OECD (2011)
Finland’s Educational Structure
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OECD (2011)
Lessons Learned from Finland
• Commitment to education and children• Cultural support for universal high achievement• Teacher and principal quality• Accountability• How money is spent• Instructional practice• School organization• Sequencing of reforms to economic development• Cultivating behaviors for the knowledge economy
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Mourshed, Chijioke, & Barber (2011)
How Can the U.S. Learn from Others?
• Status quo
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Mourshed et al. (2011)
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Mourshed et al. (2011)
Step 2: Intervention Cluster
• Stage-dependent interventions:– Poor to fair:
• Achievement of literacy and mathematics basics:– Provide scaffolding for lower skilled teachers– Fulfilling all basic student needs– Bring all schools in system to minimum basic quality threshold
– Fair to good:• Consolidating system foundations:
– Production of high quality performance data– Ensuring teacher and school accountability– Creating appropriate financing, organization structure, and
pedagogy models
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Step 2: Intervention Cluster
• Stage-dependent interventions:– Good to great:• Ensuring teaching and school leadership regarded with
high professionalism:– Practices to ensure profession is as clearly defined as those in
medicine and law
– Great to excellent:• Move locus of improvement from center to schools:
– Introduce peer-based learning through school-based and system-wide interaction
– Supporting system-sponsored innovation and experimentation
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Step 2: Intervention Cluster
• Cross-stage interventions:– Revise curriculum and standards– Ensuring appropriate reward and remunerations
structure for teachers and principals– Building technical skills of teachers and principals– Assessing student progress– Establishing data systems– Facilitating improvement through introduction of
policy and legislation
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Mourshed et al. (2011)
Contextualizing
• Desired pace of change• Is desired change non-negotiable• Degree to which there are winners and losers• Credibility and stability of system
leadership/government and historical and political context
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Sustainability
• Internalization of teaching practices– Collaborative practices– Mediation between schools and center of system– Architecting of tomorrow’s leadership
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Mourshed el al. (2011)
What Does this Mean for the U.S.?
• Performance stage: good• Reform effort: good to great• Who cares?!
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Mourshed et al. (2011)
Massachusetts Reform
• Initial performance stage at onset of reform: Fair
• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)
• MyBPS data management system
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Looking to the future
• Education can’t be just another political party agenda
• Need for common, bipartisan vision• Start with state level reform• Apply action research methodology to
evaluate progress and make evolutionary adjustments towards common vision
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