The Newark school stakeholders are acting rationally by refusing to accept radical, disruptive, and dubious reforms.
Hannay's project is ambitious, and could prove to be immensely useful to a wide range of school stakeholders as well as anyone with a general interest in the performance of schools around the country - from estate agents to journalists and policy-makers.
In general, school stakeholders felt that models were accurate representations of their school.
The model articulation process also yielded a group of factors (contexts and conditions) that school stakeholders identified as key to the successful implementation of their schools.
For example, when school stakeholders indicated that student autonomy was a critical component, we studied the interview transcript and context to understand what this looks like in the classroom.
Thus, we began the process of articulating each school's critical components by reviewing schools' written materials and conducting "model articulation" interviews with the school stakeholders who were most knowledgeable about each respective STEM school model (e.g., school founders, principals, and lead teachers).
But high-profile leaders wield a disproportionate amount of power over the circumstances under which public school stakeholders work.
Hidden in applause lines about rewarding the best teachers and granting flexibility are unproven policies that many researchers and public school stakeholders agree are hurting education.
Law school stakeholders like Dean Mitchell, and his many vocal supporters on the deans-only listserv, jeopardize the important function that legal education should continue to play in the United States.
I look forward to partnering with voters, the Board of Education, and San Francisco public school stakeholders to ensure we meet the promise of a quality and transformative education for all of our city's youngest residents.
