Posted by Kohlmoos on Apr 16, 2020 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on The New Normal (Pt III): Navigating a new political battleground of which education is a part
This disheartening commentary from The Hill observes that the responses to the pandemic and a faltering economy are increasingly becoming defined simplistically by partisan affiliations rather than by science, evidence or circumstance. From where I sit, this is a dangerous development that could lead us down a self-destructive path that will make recovery all the more distant and difficult. And suddenly schooling has been thrust into middle of this political debate over how to protect public health while reinvigorating the economy....
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Apr 13, 2020 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on The New Normal (Part II): Recovering from learning loss & revenue loss
In this recent WaPo article, Eric Gordon, chief executive for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District said it best, “We have to have a recovery plan for education … I’m really worried that people think schools and colleges just flipped to digital and everything’s fine and we can just return to normal. That’s simply not the case.” Indeed, the recovery process for learning loss will result in a “generation of students forced to play catch-up, perhaps for years to come”. And for the most vulnerable students...
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Apr 11, 2020 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on The New Normal (Pt I)
During this time of catastrophic danger and disruption throughout our country and around the world, people of all walks of life are posing existential questions about the future even while hoping almost desperately for things to just return to normal. Perhaps it is human nature to yearn most intensely for order and the old status quo when those uncontrollable feelings of uncertainty and chaos are most pervasive. But with each passing day of this unprecedented crisis it becomes clearer that there will be no return or...
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Sep 25, 2019 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on Charles Desmond, an EDGE Strategic Partner!
Charles Desmond, chief executive officer of Inversant
In January, 2016, Dr. Charles Desmond, a senior fellow at the New England Board of Higher Education and a higher education policy advisor to former Governor Deval Patrick, was appointed chief executive officer of Inversant, a Boston-based nonprofit that helps families learn about and save for college.
Since 2011, Dr. Desmond has served as a Senior Fellow at the New England Board of Higher Education. In this capacity, he works with the President and the NEBHE board and team...
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Mar 30, 2019 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on Celebrating C-SPAN’s 40th Anniversary with a few clips
Some clips from long ago
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Mar 12, 2019 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on Democratizing Evidence in Education
Check out the Democratizing Evidence web site here
In February 2017, the William T. Grant Foundation convened a group of education leaders to explore an important issue: how to expand and diversify stakeholder participation in the production and use of research evidence in education policy and practice. The premise of the convening was that the ongoing development of an education system that values equity and excellence depends on the active and informed participation of key stakeholders. Inspired by this notion of democratizing...
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Dec 24, 2018 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on Tis the season to …
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Feb 11, 2018 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on Claus von Zastrow, an EDGE Strategic Partner
Claus von Zastrow has held senior positions in education policy and research for more than 15 years. He currently oversees efforts at Education Commission of the States to improve statewide longitudinal data systems and provide state-by-state data on STEM education.
Before joining ECS, he was chief operating officer and director of research at Change the Equation (CTEq), where he led initiatives to publish data on STEM education and scale the nation’s most effective STEM education programs to millions more children across the country....
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Dec 28, 2017 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on An Education Leadership Opportunity in Washington DC: Executive Director of SREE
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
Job Opening
Executive Director
EDGE Consulting
December, 2017
Apply on-line: https://sree.workable.com/j/93E4805544
Send suggestions and nominations to ruthg@edgeparnters.org
About the Organization
Founded in 2005 to support research on education policy and practice, the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) has established itself as a specialist research organization focused on the investigation of causal questions critical to effective educational practice. Guided by a...
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Posted by Kohlmoos on Nov 11, 2017 in The EDGEucator | Comments Off on Craig Wacker, an EDGE Strategic Partner!
Craig Wacker is a strategic partner at EDGE Consulting Partners and serves as a senior fellow at FutureEd, a solution-oriented think tank at Georgetown University. Previously he was strategy lead for the Raikes Foundation’s student agency program, a portfolio focused on leveraging mindsets and other nonacademic factors in support of learning. He has also served as a senior program officer with the MacArthur Foundation, where he designed and launched a new $75 million strategy to reverse mass incarceration and managed portfolios in...
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